After decades of use, gill nets and the fishing strategies that employ them have been banned by California law, providing a boon of sanctuary for seabirds, sharks, and the secretive harbor porpoise. The years between 1987 and 2002 saw many gill net bans come into place in counties across the California coast, where before dead […]

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After decades of use, gill nets and the fishing strategies that employ them have been banned by California law, providing a boon of sanctuary for seabirds, sharks, and the secretive harbor porpoise. The years between 1987 and 2002 saw many gill net bans come into place in counties across the California coast, where before dead
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