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Fishing boats ‘killing up to 320,000 seabirds a year’

Report says some albatross, petrel and shearwater species nearing extinction as fleets failing to implement simple measures

Up to 320,000 seabirds a year are being killed worldwide each year by being caught up in fishing lines, according to a study being presented to the World Conference on Marine Biodiversity on Tuesday…. Source

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