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The bycatch communication network newsletter was an
initiative of judges (myself included) from the first
WWF SmartGear (www.smartgear.org)
competition in February 2005. The
idea was to produce a newsletter to share developments, projects and issues on
marine bycatch. There are currently
100 subscribers from 20 countries, the first issue was distributed in April and
the second is due in early August. Articles
from the first issue included: ·
Fishing
gear involved in entanglements of right and humpback whales ( ·
Shark
oil: solution to longline seabird bycatch? (AUS) ·
Project
GLOBAL: global bycatch assessment project (US) ·
North
Atlantic Right Whale funding opportunities along the east coast of the ·
Atlantic
coast states cooperative planning for right whale recovery program ( ·
BirdLife
International launches Albatross Task Force (UK) ·
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Regional
fisheries management organisations: their central role in reducing bycatch on
the high seas and need for input from bycatch specialists ( ·
Techniques
to reduce wildlife bycatch in wild fisheries of ·
The
Consortium for Wildlife Bycatch Reduction ( If you would like to subscribe to the mailing list,
contribute an article to the second edition or receive a PDF copy of the first
edition, please email [EMAIL PROTECTED].
Thanks, Emma
Bradshaw P: +61 (7) 5514 6021 M: 0416 031 402 Oxenford, QLD 4210 |
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