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Unexplained die-off of North Atlantic Right whales in Canada

Canadian authorities report an unprecedented spate of right whale deaths from the Gulf of St. Lawrence

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What is Bycatch

The incidental capture and mortality of non-target animals resulting from fishing activity. 

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