
Penguins under threat from drowning in fishing nets - Guest Work
Guest Author • Dec 02, 2017 •
By Ursula Ellenberg, La Trobe University. Fishing nets pose a serious risk to the survival of penguin species, according to a new global review of the toll taken by “bycatch” from commercial fishing. Fourteen of the world’s 18 penguin species have been recorded as fishing bycatch. Among the species under threat are Tasmania’s little penguins and New … Read More