Fishers' impressions of bird-scaring lines in Argentina

"In 2018, regulations were introduced requiring all industrial trawl vessels in Argentina to use bird-scaring lines to keep albatrosses and other seabirds safe during fishing operations. Our Albatross Task Force - Argentina Team and partner organisation Aves Argentinas spoke to some of the crew members about the use of this mitigation measure onboard trawl vessels and what their impressions have been so far."  In Spanish with English subtitles

Posted 25 June 2020

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ACAP is a multilateral agreement which seeks to conserve listed albatrosses, petrels and shearwaters by coordinating international activity to mitigate known threats to their populations.

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