Tests Find Simple Deterrents Cut Seabird Deaths

“Bird-shaped kites and a floating scarecrow are being tested to try to stop endangered seabirds drowning in fishing nets. Every year an estimated 95,000 diving birds, including razorbills and guillemots, are accidentally caught in nets off European coasts. But simple deterrents tested by Cornish fishers and devised by scientists and the RSPB have been shown […] The post Tests Find Simple Deterrents Cut Seabird Deaths appeared first on Human Progress.