Fishing line entanglement of juvenile Cape fur seals (IMAGE)

Stellenbosch University

Fishing line entanglement of juvenile Cape fur seals

Caption

A new study demonstrated that a high number of affected Cape fur seals were pups and juveniles, which were mainly entangled around the neck by fishing line.

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M Laubscher

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