A large fleet of driftnets, fishing nets up to 14 km in length that drift with the tide or current and catch almost anything in their path, continues to operate 'business as usual' in Morocco, targeting swordfish for the European market. This illegal fishing is likely to have caused the accidental deaths of as many as 20,000 dolphins and more than 100,000 sharks in the past five years alone, says WWF. Drift netting has been banned in the Mediterranean since 2003.
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