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Photo of a man holding totoaba a vaquita caught in a net underneath.
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Vaquitas as Bycatch

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Great White Sharks breach to hunt -- with split-second timing they grab their prey in one swift snatch. Follow the whole breaching action in this slideshow.
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Great White Shark

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Seafood vendor at historic Pike Place Market in Seattle, Washington (USA). The market draws both shoppers and gawkers who come to watch the gregarious crew of fishmongers.
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World Fisheries from Sea to Table

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a whale's tale caught in fishing gear
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Whale Rescue

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an animated dolphin in an arm chair
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Don't Feed Wild Dolphins

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Screenshot of video with sharks swimming underwater.
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Protecting Sharks: How Nets Hurt

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Screenshot of "Rethink the Shark" showing people on a beach.
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Rethink the Shark

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fish swim in a net
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Reducing Bycatch

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Sunset over a fishing net.
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Success Stories in Ocean Conservation

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A pile of bycatch species.
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Bycatch: The Cost of Catching What You Don’t Want

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Phoenix the right whale diving in North Atlantic.
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A Tale of a Right Whale

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The Gulf of Mexico shrimp trawl fishery scoops up a lot of unwanted fish along with the shrimp. In the 1990s, for every pound of shrimp caught, more than 4 pounds of other fish species were caught as bycatch and discarded dead.
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Shrimp Trawls Catch More Than Shrimp

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