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Published online 26 September 2005 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news050926-1
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Net losses kill sharks
Survey tots up the toll taken by abandoned fishing gear.
Abandoned deep-sea fishing nets are killing large numbers of fish and sharks in the northeast Atlantic, report researchers after initial surveys of the area last month.
The warning comes from a joint project between Britain, Norway and Ireland that is examining the largely unregulated fishing in that area.
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