Scientists, industry look to protect birds from trawl cables

摘要

At a two-day workshop last fall, scientists and industry representatives met to design potential solutions to the problem of seabirds striking net cables on catcher-processor vessels in fisheries along the U.S. West Coast and Alaska.Five cost-effective measures were proposed and are being voluntarily tested by vessels in the fleet, potentially saving the lives of endangered albatross and other seabirds.