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Yale Environment 360: A new system for longline fishing that reduces seabird mortality by nearly 90 percent in tuna fisheries was named the winner of the World Wildlife Fund’s (WWF) Smart Gear contest, an international WWFThe double-weight branch line competition that recognizes innovations to reduce by-catch mortality in the fishing industry. The fishing line, designed by Japanese tuna vessel captain Kazuhiro Yamazaki, uses a double-weight lead configuration to increase the sinking rate of the gear, and thus makes it......
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Award-Winning Fisheries Design Reduces Bird Mortality by 90 Percent
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on November 18th, 2011
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