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It could also clog the gills of commercial species that forage there, such as fish and shrimp, which are eaten by larger species like tuna and billfish.

By December, she was traveling to Guatemala to compete in a billfish tournament — and winning.

“A dead billfish on the dock – in any country – brings very little value to anyone except those in poor nations who need it for protein,” Peel says.

Adult tuna, billfish and dolphinfish are the target catch for the FADS, but juvenile fish, sharks and other species also can get caught up in the catch.

In 1993, the government of the Bahamas banned longline fishing, which targets tuna and billfish but often snares sharks as bycatch.