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Bycatch Mitigation for Sharks in Purse-Seine Tuna Fisheries: Shark Release Ramp

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Tuna fishers on purse-seine vessels and ISSF scientists are collaborating to test shark release ramps — a new method for releasing accidentally caught sharks (silky, oceanic whitetip, scalloped hammerhead, shortfin mako, and whale sharks) safely back into the ocean. Footage courtesy of the Cape Ferrat U.S. purse seine.