NSW.Biodiversity · @Biodiversity
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There are about 240 gillnet commercial licences on the east coast, with about half of those in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area. are placed at the mouths of creeks to catch seafood. Conservationists say the nets are killing endangered animals

abc.net.au/news/2023-06-09/fis
Turtles Sharks

#gillnets #fish #bycatch #dugongs

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NSW.Biodiversity · @Biodiversity
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Seagrass-Watch · @SeagrassWatch
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NSW.Biodiversity · @Biodiversity
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are killing endangered species in numbers "far greater" than what is reported, calling for a ban on the practice in Great Barrier waters. "It's a Protection Area here but you can still net … I don't know where the logic is. Gillnets are indiscriminate killers which can capture and drown iconic threatened species like dugongs in minutes. Fishers may be illegally mutilating endangered species to attract sharks to devour the carcasses.”

abc.net.au/news/2023-04-23/end
-catch

#gillnets #fishing #reef #dugong #dugongs #sawfish #greenturtles #by

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