Date: October
11, 2017
Source:
University of Otago
Getting caught in fishing nets is a major
cause of death for the increasingly endangered New Zealand sea lion, according
to new research from the New Zealand's University of Otago and Massey
University and the University of Toronto.
Scientists from the three universities have
analyzed government data of the New Zealand sea lion population and fisheries
bycatch to investigate the role commercial fishing has played in the near 50
per cent decline of the species.
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