A trio of researchers with Resolve sarl, Ivandry Business Center, The Honorary Research Associate, South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity and Makhanda, and Resolve sarl, Ivandry Business Center, Antananarivo has found that due to the advent of gillnet use in the waters around Madagascar, incidences of coelacanth captures have increased. In their paper published in the South African Journal of Science, Andrew Cooke, Michael Bruton and Minosoa Ravololoharinjara describe their study of records describing coelacanth captures and what it showed them about the vulnerability of the fish.
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Source: Phys.org