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Tell Me Something Good: Floating 'WALL-E' Scarecrow Stops Seabirds from Diving into Fishing Nets 885thebeach.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from 885thebeach.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
May 17, 2021 To prevent seabirds from being caught in fishing nets, conservationists have developed an unusual aquatic scarecrow which the GNN staff summarily agreed looked just like Pixar’s WALL-E. Copyright Andres Kalamees, Estonian Ornithological Society Invented as part of a multinational effort to create innovative solutions to prevent seabird bycatch, a pair of googly-eyes mounted on a floating buoy was found to decrease the numbers of long-tailed ducks loitering around gillnets in Estonian waters by 25%. Fishing bycatch, defined as the capture of non-intended animals in fishing nets and lines, accounts for the deaths of 400,000 birds worldwide every year, something which conservationists are targeting as a preventable tragedy with different kinds of deterrents. ....
One Simple Change Cut Accidental Albatross and Seabird Deaths by 98%: âAbsolutely amazingâ Feb 8, 2021 An international task force of conservationists have proved that a remarkably simple method of deterring seabirds can save tens of thousands from accidental death. A recent study published about the Namibian fishery industry determined there was a 98% reduction in albatross and other seabird deaths after laws were passed requiring that fishermen attach colored streamers to the back of their boats, which deterred the birds from pilfering longline fishing nets. Emily Eng illustration showing how rainbow streamers work for BirdLife International The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) and BirdLife International’s Albatross Task Force (ATF) came together to help prevent endangered species like albatross from going extinct due to bycatch, a fishing term that describes animals caught but not targeted. ....
Seabird deaths in Namibia's demersal longline industry reduced by whopping 98% namibtimes.net - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from namibtimes.net Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
2 months old This article is more than 2 months old Birds that became tangled in baited lines appear to be scared off by coloured pipes Crewmen attaching bird-scaring lines to an industrial trawler in Namibia. Photograph: RSPB Crewmen attaching bird-scaring lines to an industrial trawler in Namibia. Photograph: RSPB ChrisBaraniuk Tue 19 Jan 2021 04.55 EST Last modified on Wed 20 Jan 2021 05.14 EST A cheap and simple change to the equipment used by Namibian fishing boats is saving tens of thousands of vulnerable seabirds annually, researchers have estimated. Some industrial fleets often use long lines fitted with thousands of baited hooks, which attract seabirds. In attempting to snatch away the bait, the birds can become tangled in the lines and die. ....