Consortium for Wildlife Bycatch Reduction
A network for learning and collaborating on reducing bycatch
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Several environmental groups are calling for the use of bycatch reduction devices to reduce diamondback terrapin bycatch in Virginia crab pot fisheries.
Here is the Press Release: https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/virginia-petition…
A one month cessation of fishing, including the provision of 80% ib lost revenues to fishermen, resulted in keeping the industry alive while reducing thousands of dolphin deaths.
See this press coverage of the story: https://www.thecooldown.com/outdoors/dolphin-bycatch-ban-france-fishing/
We are sad to belatedly report on the death of one of the founding members of the Consortium for Wildlife Bycatch Reduction: Professor Kenneth Baldwin of the University of New Hampshire. Ken's obituary can be read by following this link: https://www.seacoastonline.com/obituaries/pprt0802274
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