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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.
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.