ScienceEye buoys and kites cut seabird deaths in Cornish fishing nets
A 17-month trial off Cornwall found predator-shaped kites and spinning eye buoys lowered the odds that diving birds would be caught in gillnets.
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ScienceA 17-month trial off Cornwall found predator-shaped kites and spinning eye buoys lowered the odds that diving birds would be caught in gillnets.
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