How can we reduce the number of seabirds caught in fishing wires

Australia’s South East Trawl Fishing Industry Association Limited (SETFIA) has started a project to reduce the number of seabirds caught by wires on trawl fishing vessels. Simon Boag, SETFIA’s EO said, to Worldfishing, that all trawl vessels in South East Australia and the Great Australian Bight operate with regulated Seabird Management Plans to limit interactions …