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New Fishing Gear to Protect Dwindling Porpoise Population

New Fishing Gear to Protect Dwindling Porpoise Population

SEJONG, March 23 (Korea Bizwire) – The National Fisheries Research & Development Institute announced the development of fishing equipment that allows porpoises to easily escape from fishing nets. Porpoises are small dolphins that live in the seas to the south and west of the Korean peninsula, and are an endangered species internationally. However, about 1,000 porpoises die [...]