Small steps aim to make a large ocean safer for rays

Mongabay
Feb 24, 2020, 2:24 pm223 pts
Purse seine fishing nets may be set for tuna, but they trap whatever fish swim into them, including manta and devil rays. As the net tightens, rays will panic and thrash. Trauma and death by suffocation in the crush of fish are likely outcomes. But even those rays lucky enough to survive the net face further…

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