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Bycatch: Marine Life

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1. Bycatch is the marine life that is caught by commercial fishers due to their harmful fishing techniques that were not meant to be caught and are then thrown away. Their techniques include, but are not limited to trawling, long lines, and purse seine nets.
2. The article goes in depth on how one form of sea life, sea turtles, is greatly affected by commercial fishing. It begins by addressing the problem of commercial fishing capturing turtles when they are meaning to catch other sea life. Then moves on to state that “loggerheads and leatherbacks have the greatest risk because of their feeding habitats.” The article is brought together with a solution of Turtle Excluder Devices (TEDs) and a case study that proves that circle hooks decreases

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