Depending on the species sought, gill nets can be suspended near the surface or along the bottom. PINGERS: Murres and harbor porpoises become entangled in the nets and drown when they forage near ...

Gill-net fishing involves a wall of netting that ... They are composed of strike-indicator buoys on the surface, a vertical mainline, baited hooks and a weighted sinker to ensure that hooks ...

Gill nets are now made with wider mesh to allow larger animals to escape, and are placed 36 feet below the ocean’s surface to avoid marine mammal interaction. They also have acoustic pingers ...

Dolphins, sea turtles and vaquitas get stuck, too, dying when they can’t surface to breathe ... that patrols the region looking for gill nets. And last year, the navy took a major new ...