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Purse Seine Guidebook

DO NOT use mesh or netting material because they pose an entanglement hazard. Instead, avoid covering the raft, or choose non-mesh or non-netting small-mesh or non-mesh fabric to cover. Photo: Unknown

DO NOT use tangled ropes; they can entrap turtles. Photo: FADIO/IRD-Ifremer/M. Taquet

DO NOT use underwater panels of loose, large-mesh netting or mesh material; they pose an entanglement hazard. Photo: Unknown