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Diagram of backing down process, a maneuver designed to allow porpoise toescape from the tuna purse seine. (Image credit: NOAA Central Library Historical Fisheries Collection)
Credit
NOAA Central Library Historical Fisheries Collection
Collection
Historic Fisheries