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READ: An entangled humpback whale seen off California's coast has been freed from the rope wrapped around its tail. While this is good news, concerns still linger about the whale's chance of survival & about the threat entanglements pose to all whales on the West Coast. Entanglement in fishing gear is a top threat to endangered animals off the West Coast, including humpback whales and sea turtles. More needs to be done to ensure whales have safe passage as they migrate and feed off our shores! https://lat.ms/3WfIZ7g

National TRAP Program funds large-scale cleanup of discarded fishing gear - Virginia Institute of Marine Science: The first round of subawards totaling more than $1.4M supports 11 projects focused on removing derelict fishing gear from coastal waters in nine U.S. states and Palau. https://lnkd.in/eXr3WAMP

Bottom towed trawling on the seabed is like driving a bulldozer through a rainforest. When heavy weighted nets are dragged along the ocean floor, nothing is left. A new report by Oceana UK today finds 1/4 of bottom towed trawling fishing in the UK is carried out by just 10 vessels. Sadly the report finds new evidence to support that this destructive practice continues in our “marine protected areas”. Today is #WorldRewildingDay- a day to celebrate efforts around the world that are giving nature the space to rebound and flourish. But we cannot even speak about rewilding British seas while still allowing bottom towed trawling. I can’t help but think that while we’re making substantial progress on land, our efforts at sea are miserable by comparison. This industry is benefitting few and costing the public and the planet far more.

About 350 Right Whales remain because we keep killing them with our boats and ropes. Can lower speed limits and higher tech fishing gear help the Right Whales? Yes. Are some industry groups happy with NOAA's proposed restrictions? No. How long can the whales wait? Not much longer... Humans should ask themselves if operations that only benefit business are worth losing this species. #savethewhales https://lnkd.in/ecJvNG7Y

200m of fishing rope, weighing 800 kg. 1 whale. Bycatch and entanglement in fishing gear is killing hundreds of thousands of marine mammals every year (and that's an extrapolated, most likely underestimated, figure), and is pushing several populations towards extinction. More work is needed to develop nature finance models to reduce bycatch and promote regenerative fishing methods. More to come from @BlueGreenFuture on this. Dinah Nieburg, Ralph Chami

Black-browed albatross These fantastic birds, once fledged, can go years on the wing before returning to land to breed when they're about ten years of age. To me, they symbolise freedom and wanderlust. But the reality is they are under threat from longline fishing. This is a popular method of fishing used in the Southern Ocean to obtain high quantities of bluefin tuna, ling, snapper, hoki and Patagonian toothfish. The way that longlining works is that fishermen set out a single line up to 130 km long behind their boat. They then attach to the line thousands of baited hooks. Once the longlines are sunk, they do not affect the birds, but while floating behind the boats, albatrosses and petrels try and take the bait but may end up swallowing the hook and then drowning. According to Bird Life International, more than 300,000 seabirds are killed every year this way, including 100,000 albatrosses.

Did you know? Sea turtle nesting season in Southern Belize typically spans from May to September, with the peak months being June and July. If you'd like to plan a trip abround this beautiful occurrence, learn more in our latest article. 📸 Duarte Dellarole #seaturtles #nature #wildlifelover #wildlifewatching #belizetravel #belize #turtlelovers

Black-browed albatross These fantastic birds, once fledged, can go years on the wing before returning to land to breed when they're about ten years of age. To me, they symbolise freedom and wanderlust. But the reality is they are under threat from longline fishing. This is a popular method of fishing used in the Southern Ocean to obtain high quantities of bluefin tuna, ling, snapper, hoki and Patagonian toothfish. The way that longlining works is that fishermen set out a single line up to 130 km long behind their boat. They then attach to the line thousands of baited hooks. Once the longlines are sunk, they do not affect the birds, but while floating behind the boats, albatrosses and petrels try and take the bait but may end up swallowing the hook and then drowning. According to Bird Life International, more than 300,000 seabirds are killed every year this way, including 100,000 albatrosses.

Black-browed albatross These fantastic birds, once fledged, can go years on the wing before returning to land to breed when they're about ten years of age. To me, they symbolise freedom and wanderlust. But the reality is they are under threat from longline fishing. This is a popular method of fishing used in the Southern Ocean to obtain high quantities of bluefin tuna, ling, snapper, hoki and Patagonian toothfish. The way that longlining works is that fishermen set out a single line up to 130 km long behind their boat. They then attach to the line thousands of baited hooks. Once the longlines are sunk, they do not affect the birds, but while floating behind the boats, albatrosses and petrels try and take the bait but may end up swallowing the hook and then drowning. According to Bird Life International, more than 300,000 seabirds are killed every year this way, including 100,000 albatrosses.

Black-browed albatross These fantastic birds, once fledged, can go years on the wing before returning to land to breed when they're about ten years of age. To me, they symbolise freedom and wanderlust. But the reality is they are under threat from longline fishing. This is a popular method of fishing used in the Southern Ocean to obtain high quantities of bluefin tuna, ling, snapper, hoki and Patagonian toothfish. The way that longlining works is that fishermen set out a single line up to 130 km long behind their boat. They then attach to the line thousands of baited hooks. Once the longlines are sunk, they do not affect the birds, but while floating behind the boats, albatrosses and petrels try and take the bait but may end up swallowing the hook and then drowning. According to Bird Life International, more than 300,000 seabirds are killed every year this way, including 100,000 albatrosses.