Building a better fish trap: WCS reduces fish bycatch with escape gaps in Africa
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Escape gaps in wire lobster traps reduce bycatch of coral reef fish while maintaining catch of harvestable lobsters in Florida's Caribbean spiny lobster (Panulirus argus), fishery - ScienceDirect
BREP Report to Congress
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BREP Report to Congress
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Banned Fish Trap Returns To Columbia As Sustainable Way To Catch Salmon - Northwest Public Broadcasting
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PDF) Trap modification opens new gates to achieve sustainable coral reef fisheries
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PDF) Trap modification opens new gates to achieve sustainable coral reef fisheries
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Bycatch reduction - ScienceDirect
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BREP Report to Congress
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Solution: Escape Gaps for Fish Traps — Ayana Elizabeth Johnson
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Despite risks fish farms are booming in Africa
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Foldable Fish Trap: A death blow to our wetlands
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Solution: Escape Gaps for Fish Traps — Ayana Elizabeth Johnson
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The Society for Conservation Biology
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When estimating fish populations, seeing is believing