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One of my favorite parts of fishing is to observe beautiful seabirds flying, especially during spring when the sea is calm. I love all seabird species. well except for one, the Great cormorant.
While fishing, we rarely bycatch seabirds. For example, this year, so far only one bird was caught in our nets. But eventually, if we find one, we untangle it and release it back to the sea. Unfortunately, if they are dead, we hand them over to the ornithologists.
For me, it s important to help protect seabirds from bycatch, that’s why we work hand in hand with ornithologists that help us set up practices to avoid this issue as much as we can. But practically speaking, I don’t think it’s possible to find the perfect solution to avoid birds from getting caught in our nets. Nonetheless, we are open to try anything specialists like BirdLife have to offer to find a way to protect both seabirds and our job.