University Of Barcelona Leads Horizon Europe Project To Reduce Marine Megafauna Bycatch

Every year, around 70,000 turtles and 200,000 seabirds die due to fisheries bycatch by the EU fishing fleets. These examples, which could be extended to other marine species, reveal the real dimension of the environmental impact generated by the bycatch problem, derived from the interactions between the fishing fleet and the...