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Welcome to BATSAC (BSAC Branch 2370) Scuba Diving and Social Club, Sub Aqua: Walton, Weybridge, Addlestone, Surrey and Outlying areas
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Saving sharks with magnets
In the Northeast Atlantic Ocean, 89% of hammerhead sharks and 80% of thresher and white sharks have disappeared in the last 18 years as a result of bycatch. Hammerhead shark, Fiji.
Brussels, Belgium – Thousands of sharks could be saved from being caught and killed on fishing lines thanks to the winning entry of this year's WWF-sponsored Smart Gear competition.
Every year thousands of sharks die after becoming snared on hooks set by commercial fisheries to catch fish such as tuna and swordfish. The problem has pushed some shark species to the brink of extinction, with some populations down by 90 per cent. In addition, millions of tonnes of fish each year are wasted as unwanted bycatch — the incidental capture of non-targeted species — and hundreds of thousands of seabirds, mammals, sea turtles and other marine animals are killed through destructive fishing practices.
