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Bill to End Last Driftnet Fishery in United States Heads to President


Contact: Annalisa Batanides Tuel, [email protected], 408-621-8113 
 
Bans fishing method that indiscriminately kills or injures protected marine species
WASHINGTON The House of Representatives yesterday passed a bipartisan bill to phase out harmful large mesh drift gillnets utilized in the federal waters off the coast of California, the only place the nets are still used in the United States. The Driftnet Modernization and Bycatch Reduction Act passed the Senate in July and now heads to President Donald Trump’s desk for his signature.
Large mesh driftnets more than a mile long are left in the ocean overnight to catch swordfish and thresher sharks but also indiscriminately capture, injure, and kill other marine species including whales, dolphins, sea lions, sea turtles, fish, and sharks. Most of these animals, referred to as “bycatch,” are then discarded. The use of driftnets by a single fishery in California is responsible for 90 percent of the dolphin ....

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