California Stops Use of Destructive Fishing Gear that Kills Dolphins, Turtles, and Sharks - Oceana

Victory | October 12, 2018

California Stops Use of Destructive Fishing Gear that Kills Dolphins, Turtles, and Sharks

The California swordfish drift gillnet fishery kills more dolphins than all observed U.S. West Coast fisheries combined. Thanks to a years-long campaign by Oceana and our allies, a new California law will clean up the fishery by phasing out the use of drift gillnets through a buyout transition program and incentivizing the use of cleaner fishing gear.