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Over 50 fishermen, whale scientists, fishing gear engineers, rope manufacturers, and marine wildlife disentanglement experts participated in a workshop to examine the dynamics of large whale entanglements in fishing gear. The Consortium for Wildlife Bycatch Reduction organized this workshop to increase understanding about baleen whale entanglements and ultimately improve the evaluation methods for reducing their bycatch.
Read the preliminary report.
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Featured Bycatch Species
The main threat to the franciscana is bycatch in gillnet fisheries in its native coastal waters of Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay.