News Headline

Bid to get ‘aquatic wild meat’ off the menu and under protection

Source
Mongabay (India)

Publication Date
2020-02-28

Scientists and conservationists have long expressed concern about the consumption of bushmeat, mindful of its impact on wildlife and human health. Yet the marine equivalent has received relatively little attention, even as dwindling resources have led more small-scale fishers in places such as West Africa to target dolphins, sea turtles and other mammals, reptiles and birds considered “aquatic wild meat.”

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https://news.mongabay.com/2020/02/bid-to-get-aquatic-wild-meat-off-the-menu-and-under-protection/