Longline Fishing Kills Seabirds (1 Viewer)

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Article here.

Up to 300,000 seabirds are killed every year by longline fisheries, according to a study.

This new global estimate of seabird bycatch was carried out by scientists from the RSPB and Birdlife International.

Commercial longlines can be hundreds of kilometres long, with more than 1,000 bait hooks along the line.

Seabirds, including endangered albatrosses, often dive for the bait and become ensnared by the hooks.

I found this article quite disturbing.

 

[Irish Kite]

Spanish fishing fleet

Not content with hoovering up whats left of Irish fishing stocks, these guys are also reponsible for killing at least 50,000 sea birds of the SW coast of Ireland every year:C - when are the EU going to get the finger out and sort out the destructive charade that is their fishing policy?????????????||