The aspect of this purse seiner photographed a few days ago in the Bay of Itea is deceiving. Beautiful, but also one of the main threats to coastal marine biodiversity in Greece.
In the Inner Ionian Sea Archipelago, purse seining was shown to be one of the main reasons behind the precipitous decline of short-beaked common dolphins. Purse seiners and bottom trawlers simply take too much fish, depleting biodiversity and wiping out the dolphins' prey. Back in 2009, a Call was made to allow for dolphin recovery, to no avail.
(Photo by G. Bearzi)
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