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Ancient fishing method survives in Spain

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Tabea MergenthalerJuly 11, 2016

Sustainable AND profitable fishery is a difficult balance to strike. Every year, the fishing industry catches some 80 million tons of fish. But a third of that is bycatch - fish that's caught unintentionally and discarded. It's a waste tuna fishermen in Spain have learnt to avoid by following an ancient tradition.

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