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Biodiversity offsets – an efficient way of protecting seabirds?

by Rebecca Nesbit 

Each year, 7.2 million tonnes of fisheries catch gets thrown away as bycatch, including fish, turtles and birds.

Modifying fishing gear is a popular way of reducing this, and to a large extent it can often be effective. However, suitable modifications aren’t always possible, so preventing fishing in certain [...]