AI tracks down how billions of longline baited hooks are killing hundreds of thousands of albatrosses
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Albatrosse – Death on the Fishing Hook
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AI Offers Hope to Albatrosses Threatened by Longline Fishing Fleets - Global Fishing Watch
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Animals, Free Full-Text
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460,000 miles of fishing line and 14 billion hooks: how much fishing gear is lost at sea each year • Alaska Beacon
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The Tale of the Albatross and the Algorithm - Global Fishing Watch
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Accidental Catch Smithsonian Ocean
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Billion-dollar fish New Zealand Geographic
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Thousands of Albatrosses Saved from Deadly Fishhooks
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Short-tailed Albatross Death on Longline Hook Underscores Need for Revamped Alaskan Fisheries Observer Program - American Bird Conservancy
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New study underlines risk longline vessels pose to threatened albatrosses - BirdLife International