AI scanning helps Scottish conservation project turn tide for flapper skate

AI scanning helps Scottish conservation project turn tide for flapper skate

Anglers who campaigned for protected area off Oban and Mull are providing key data on critically endangered species

Sea anglers will tell you that catching and landing a large flapper skate is the equivalent of running a four-minute mile. The fish can weigh 100kg and stretch the length of a dinner table.

The first thing anglers will reach for when they land one is their camera or mobile phone, to capture the unique pattern of white spots ranged across each skate’s mottled brown back.

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