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Fisheries in Focus: What are fish aggregating devices and why is there debate about banning them?
Use of fish aggregating devices increases fishing efficiency but can potentially increase bycatch and ocean pollution if FADs are lost or abandoned.
The innovative 73-meter factory trawler Ecofive is the talk of Norway’s shipbuilding industry, winning awards before catching a single fish.
Use of fish aggregating devices increases fishing efficiency but can potentially increase bycatch and ocean pollution if FADs are lost or abandoned.
If implemented correctly, endangered species would recover in the larger areas outside MPAs and fishers would benefit from the conservation value.
Faced with closures to protect right whales, Canadian commercial fishers are trying ropeless fishing gear via the CanFish Gear Lending Program.
Dams have helped build nations but fish – and river health – have paid a steep price. Dam removal can have restorative effects on ecosystems.
Maximum nutrient yield policies promote access to fish to close nutrient gaps, maximize wild fish and contribute to global food and nutrition security.
Whelk fisheries may be more sustainable with traps that allow small whelks to escape and by developing new baits outside of horseshoe crabs.
Some fish species are shrinking but future research must determine if overfishing, global warming and food availability are responsible.
A shaking codend could stimulate fish movement and increase contact probability, both of which could increase the escape chances for small redfish.
Marine heatwaves are not having a lasting effect on fish communities with major commercial importance, according to Rutgers-led research.
Green extraction methods offer alternatives to traditional chemically intensive approaches for valorizing snow crab processing discards.
Participation by traditionally excluded communities increases science-based fisheries management, a new study concludes.
The method developed in this study will promote the development of tuna fishery monitoring and provide a strategy for fish biodiversity research.
Tuna, billfishes and sharks in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico could lose 40 to 70 percent of their suitable habitat due to warming ocean water.
Fisheries researchers examine all environmental impacts of bottom-trawling and compare the fishing method to other forms of food production.
Global tuna fishing leader Tri Marine is partnering with FlyWire to install electronic monitoring capabilities on its longline vessels.