@danielfernan7 @MantaTrust @blue_resources The take-home message? Small boats =/= small impact. We can't underestimate the importance and impact of artisanal fisheries. There is also a ton of great biological data in this #OA paper that can only be obtained from fisheries: https://t.co/miI0PWkIal 7/7
“Collectively, these findings suggest overfishing of mobulid ray populations in the northern Indian Ocean by Sri Lankan artisanal fisheries.”
https://t.co/BmFvWwyRkw
@danielfernan7 and Stewart at @blue_resources @MantaTrust @linneuni examine high bycatch rates of manta and devil rays in the “small-scale” artisanal fisheries of Sri Lanka
Read more in @PeerJLife article https://t.co/SQI17ZC32H
#Aquaculture #Fisheries #FishScience #Conservation https://t.co/60Pu1XtVPu