Fisheries
Defining and monitoring destructive fishing represents a new era in fisheries policy
Thanks to a new multistakeholder framework, researchers are a step closer to better understanding destructive fishing and addressing its impacts.
Fisheries
ISSF: 99.1% of participating tuna companies comply with conservation measures
ISSF’s latest report shows 99.1 percent of participating tuna companies comply with 33 conservation measures.
Fisheries
NOAA awards $15 million for Kellogg Dam removal to restore fish habitats
The Kellogg Dam removal is expected to enhance critical spawning habitats and reduce environmental hazards for threatened fish species.
Fisheries
Study: Many marine protected areas are failing to rebuild fish populations
To replenish adult spawners, marine protected areas, or MPAs, need strong enforcement, effective management and climate-friendly design to succeed.
Fisheries
Protecting fish and communities should be balanced, concludes study of Marine Protected Areas
A study finds that Marine Protected Areas must be "flexible and responsive" to successfully restore fish stocks without harming communities.
Responsibility
Salmon Scotland Wild Fisheries Fund boosts wild Atlantic salmon conservation initiatives
The Salmon Scotland Wild Fisheries Fund will invest in supporting the conservation of Scotland’s wild Atlantic salmon.
Fisheries
AI-powered crab gender identification could improve fishery management and conservation
An AI-powered model developed by researchers "vastly outperformed" humans in correctly identifying the gender of horsehair crabs.
Fisheries
Fisheries management help tunas, billfishes recover, but extinction risk of sharks rises
New study suggests conservation and fisheries management help tunas and billfishes recover, but shark biodiversity continues to decline.
Fisheries
Bangladesh moves to protect threatened sharks and rays
With sharks and rays critically endangered, the government of Bangladesh has amended legislation to reduce the extinction risk of the species.