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Giant drift nets, placed around the world’s oceans to catch commercial fish species, kill non-commercial animals just as efficiently, often taking far more of the latter for every useable species ensnared.

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Sea Lion Drowned in Drift Net

This sea lion has been caught in killed in a giant drift net, or a “curtain of...

A Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus) poses in the waters off Acadia National Park in Maine.

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Grey Seal Strikes a Pose

A Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus) poses in the waters off Acadia National Park in...

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Dugong Feeding

Dugongs, along with manatees, make up a group of marine mammals called sirenians or...

a spotted dolphin swims through the ocean at night

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Atlantic Spotted Dolphins, Little Bahama Bank, The Bahamas

“At night, spotted dolphins move offshore into the Gulf Stream’s deep waters in...

Two polar bears at Cape Churchill in Manitoba, Canada

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Polar Bears, Cape Churchill, Manitoba, Canada

“In late November, land-locked polar bears gather along the Hudson Bay to await...

A North Atlantic right whale with a deep wound caused by entanglement in fishing gear floats at the surface in the Bay of Fundy.

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Wounded North Atlantic Right Whale

A North Atlantic right whale with a deep wound caused by entanglement in fishing...

This is North Atlantic right whale #3333 who was spotted with fishing gear trailing from his mouth during an aerial survey off the coast of Georgia on January 29, 2008.

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Whale Entanglement

This is North Atlantic right whale #3333 who was spotted with fishing gear trailing...

A team works to free a one-year-old right whale from fishing ropes wrapped and knotted around its body and flippers.

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Whale Rescue

A team from the Center for Coastal Studies works to free a one-year-old right whale...

This whale is entangled in fishing gear. The inset shows how special fishing lines allow whales to escape such accidental entrapments.

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Fishing Gear Solutions

This whale is entangled in fishing gear. Entangled whales often need human help to...

A white scar on Phoenix’s lip (at right) was caused by her entanglement with a fishing line.

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Lip Scar Caused By Fishing Gear

A white scar on Phoenix’s lip (at right) was caused by her entanglement with a...

In 2011, storms and lack of ice-cover due to a warmer winter climate resulted in hundreds of seal pups being washed up on the shore of Prince Edward Island. Like many, this young seal faced an uncertain future. See more Nature's Best Photos.

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Harp Seal, Prince Edward Island National Park, Canada

Harp seals are protected in the United States by the Marine Mammal Protection Act....

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Wounded North Atlantic Right Whale

Whale Entanglement

Whale Rescue

Fishing Gear Solutions

Lip Scar Caused By Fishing Gear

Harp Seal, Prince Edward Island National Park, Canada

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