cachalot on Nostr: University of Otago marine zoologist Liz Slooten has defended the use of cameras on ...

University of Otago marine zoologist Liz Slooten has defended the use of cameras on commercial fishing boats, as the Government announces their review of the rollout.Not every vessel is equipped with cameras, and Slooten said, as a result, "we still don’t know how many Maui dolphins are being caught in the North Island west coast".
She said observer coverage wasn’t wide enough and cameras allowed authorities to properly assess what was happening on boats. https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/02/28/marine-expert-defends-use-of-cameras-on-commercial-fishing-vessels/