Pacific: New Long line fishing rule protects endangered short-tailed albatross

Federal fisheries managers have proposed a new rule requiring West Coast commercial fishermen who unroll long lines of baited hooks on the ocean bottom also put out long lines of fluttering plastic to scare off seabirds trying to steal the bait. Read the rest here 20:08

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