Orcas in Alaska are stealing fish right from the lines — and the new behavior seems to be killing them
Orcas in Alaska are exhibiting a “new behavior” that may be getting them in trouble, a local fisher’s association has said. They’ve been known to pluck fish off from commercial fishing gear for decades. But recently, they’ve been spotted lingering by the boats more often, appearing to “be feeding in front of the nets while fishing,” the group said. The Groundfish Forum, a Seattle-based trawl group that represents members operating 19 boats in the area, gave the warning in a statement shared by the Anchorage Daily News. “This new behavior” has never been documented and has marine scientists stumped, the Groundfish Forum said in the statement, dated September 21, >>click to read<< 18:01
Well when trawlers rape their food source, they back them into a core era and they are free do to change their behaviours to get food. They killed 10 orcas already this year. Well no shit. Until these bastard trawlers are regulated and held to a reasonable and ethical standard it’s just going to get worse. But theirs no such thing as ethical trawling. They are ruining our resources and everything else.