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Brooke learns about how valuable catch and release fishing is for conservation as she prepares to embark on a fishing adventure.

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Young conservationist Brooke Carter learns about what it takes to protect animals and the planet. Watch as she learns from conservation experts and travels the world on unimagined adventures!

This clip comes from Season 3, Episode 1: "Nesting Turtles & Ocean Wonders"

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Transcript
00:00Today, Brooke, I want to show you something that I've been passionate about my whole life
00:06and something that's a really important conservation tool for the area.
00:10What do you think all of this stuff is for?
00:11It's for fishing!
00:12It is indeed.
00:13I love fishing.
00:17So how do you conserve the fish with fishing?
00:20Well, first of all, we have to find the fish.
00:23Then we have to catch them, which is what all this tackle is for.
00:26Once we have the fish on board, we put them in a water-filled container that we call the
00:29GT Jacuzzi.
00:32And he's in there, he's able to breathe, not stressed out.
00:35And then we put the tag in, we take a measurement, and then we put the fish back.
00:39So why do we tag all these fish?
00:41Well, very good question, Brooke.
00:43So there's a couple of reasons.
00:44We're basically building up a scientific database, and the Ocean Research Institute in Durban
00:50runs this whole project.
00:51And they've been doing so for almost 30 years now.
00:53There's hundreds of fishermen in Southern Africa who participate in this citizen science
00:58program.
00:59And they've tagged over 350,000 fish.
01:01Wow, that's incredible.
01:02And had as many as 35,000 recaptures.
01:05So there's a huge amount of data that scientists are then able to use to help them understand
01:10fish species better.
01:11So how many of these fish have you and your team caught?
01:14Well, so far, Brooke, we've tagged 497 fish.
01:18Wow, that's a lot of fish.
01:20It is indeed.
01:21So with your help today, hopefully we'll get to 500.
01:23Oh, I can't wait.
01:24I'll definitely help you with that.
01:25Should we go and give it a go?
01:26Okay, let's do it.
01:27Let's get going.
01:28Okay, let's go for a fish, Brooke.
01:29Thank you.
01:30We're on.

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