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New Technology Could Benefit Whales, Fishermen

Jennifer Canfield/KMXT After generations of overharvesting, whale populations are generally recovering. Kate Wynne is a marine mammal specialist at the University of Alaska’s Marine Advisory Program. She says that an increasing number of whales is a great thing but it also means that fishermen must be more conscientious of them. The whales can get caught up in nets and suffocate.

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