After decades of use, ‘gillnets’ and the fishing strategies that employed them have been banned by California law—and that has provided a boon for seabirds, sharks, and the shy harbor porpoise. The years between 1987 and 2002 saw many gillnet bans enacted in counties along the California coast, where dead marine animals would wash up […]
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After decades of use, ‘gillnets’ and the fishing strategies that employed them have been banned by California law—and that has provided a boon for seabirds, sharks, and the shy harbor porpoise. The years between 1987 and 2002 saw many gillnet bans enacted in counties along the California coast, where dead marine animals would wash up
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