1.0BirdLife Cyprushttps://birdlifecyprus.org/el/lbadminhttps://birdlifecyprus.org/el/author/lbadmin/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="IzcMTAz1Qx"><a href="https://birdlifecyprus.org/el/a-bird-ate-my-rod/">A bird ate my rod</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://birdlifecyprus.org/el/a-bird-ate-my-rod/embed/#?secret=IzcMTAz1Qx" width="600" height="338" title="“A bird ate my rod” — BirdLife Cyprus" data-secret="IzcMTAz1Qx" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script>https://birdlifecyprus.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/05/Shag-Albert-Stoecker-5_450_850_crp.jpg850450Although not an excuse for missing school, this is the reality for schools of marine mammals (e.g. dolphins), turtles and seabirds when they are tangled or even drowned in abandoned, lost, discarded or active fishing gear. For seabirds in particular, the effects of fishing can be manifold: Overexploitation by fisheries can decrease the availability of […]