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Endangered marine life is being caught in fishing nets, but it doesn’t need to be

Written by Nicholas Payne, Associate Professor of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin

Grey seals are getting caught in fishing nets.Lynn Batchelor- Browning/Shutterstock

Hundreds of thousands of marine animals are killed every year after becoming accidentally caught in commercial fishing nets. Sharks, skates and rays are at particular risk, alongside turtles, seals, whales and dolphins, many of which are endangered.

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