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Mobile fishing, through trawling and dredging, can often come into conflict with static methods. Creel fishermen - who lay their pots on the seabed before returning days later to empty them - say ...

Entanglements with creel fishing gear can be fatal for whales and other large marine animals When whales, dolphins and sharks become entangled in fishing lines and nets, it can affect the animals ...