‘Weak’ hooks protect bluefin tuna but allow yellowfin and swordfish catch
From 5 May, longliners who fish for yellowfin tuna, swordfish and other species in the Gulf of Mexico will have to use a new ‘weak hook’, designed to reduce the incidental catch of Atlantic bluefin tuna.
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