Cownose rays

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August 23, 2018

Rays caught in commercial net — Download commercialpoundnetwithrays_creditbobfishervims.jpg

Cownose rays are often caught as accidental bycatch in commercial pound nets like these.

(Credit: Bob Fisher/Virginia Institute of Marine Science)

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