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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-04-08/researchers-rejoice-as-endangered-sea-lion-deaths-reduced-in-sa/100969632>
"South Australia's endangered sea lion population has been given a chance to
bounce back after a decade-long marine conservation program substantially
reduced their deaths in fishing nets.
Australian sea lions are on the country's endangered list after widespread
hunting in the 18th and 19th centuries and had been struggling to rebound, with
up to 256 killed in gillnets in Commonwealth-managed fisheries each year up
until 2010.
In response, the Australian Marine Conservation Society (AMCS) and Humane
Society International worked with federal and state governments, scientists and
the fishing industry to develop the Australian Sea Lion Management Strategy.
The strategy includes gillnet fishing exclusion zones around all sea lion
breeding colonies, cameras on fishing boats and the introduction of closures in
parts of the fishery if a certain number of sea lions were caught.
Crucially, it also includes independent observation of what fishers are
catching, by checking the data they report is accurate so that fishery managers
can put closures in place when needed."
Via
Future Crunch Apr 15, 2022:
https://futurecrunch.com/goodnews-womens-rights-indonesia/
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
