Bycatch is a significant problem in the U.S. that undermines successful fisheries management and wastes the ocean's living marine resources. The federal government is required to minimize bycatch and the deaths of unintentionally captured fish and protected species.
Source: Deeper Blue
Source: Forbes
Source: The New York Times
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