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Fisheries

ALI report spotlights emerging animal welfare practices in commercial fisheries

The Aquatic Life Institute highlights animal welfare innovations for fisheries, linking humane practices to sustainability and product quality.

Fisheries

Scientists in Norway are developing biodegradable fishing gear to reduce plastic pollution in the ocean and prevent harmful microplastics.

Fisheries

A new project seeks to develop circular fishing gear and port solutions to reduce marine plastic pollution and support responsible fisheries.

Responsibility

A new study estimates how much fishing rope is lost in Norway and examines how the Norwegian fisheries sector handles ropes.

Responsibility

A new report from NOAA confirms 67 large whale entanglements nationally in 2022 – none involving the North Atlantic right whale.

Fisheries

Use of fish aggregating devices increases fishing efficiency but can potentially increase bycatch and ocean pollution if FADs are lost or abandoned.

Innovation & Investment

Zeal Industries’ tool transmits GPS, temperature and other environmental data to the cloud to assist worker safety and seafood traceability.

Fisheries

Biodegradable fishing gear must improve to help address the environmental and economic impacts of ghost fishing, a new study concludes.

Responsibility

Scientists hauled in almost 55,000 pounds of ghost fishing gear from the seafloor – an estimated economic loss of $240,000 yearly.