News tagged with commercial fishing
Remotely Operated Vehicles and Satellite Tags Aid Turtle Studies
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers are using a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) and satellite-linked data loggers to learn more about turtle behavior in commercial fishing areas and to develop new ways to avoid catching ...
Oct 28, 2009 |
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Overfishing: Are there really plenty of fish in the sea?
Years before an economic crisis taught everyone the risks of runaway growth, marine fishermen and fishery managers were already getting a crash course.
Oct 12, 2009 |
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Look-alike sturgeon may get protection
Good news for shovelnose sturgeon may be bad news for this region's commercial fishermen, who sell them to make caviar.
Oct 08, 2009 |
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Could stressed out sharks save more fish? (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Marine biology graduate student Austin Gallagher has studied the dwindling shark population around the world—from the waters of the South Pacific to those off Southern California.
Oct 02, 2009 |
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West Coast fishermen embark on new wave of fishing
(AP) -- The West Coast groundfish fleet has struggled to stay afloat during major cutbacks to reverse long-standing problems with overfishing and to protect the seafloor from damage caused by bottom trawling ...
Sep 06, 2009 |
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Study: Loggerhead turtles put at risk by fishing
(AP) -- It's a scene that scientists say is all too common: A commercial fishing boat pulls in a net full of shrimp or tuna and finds a loggerhead sea turtle mixed in with the catch.
Sep 03, 2009 |
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Commerce secretary approves Arctic fisheries plan
(AP) -- The nation's secretary of commerce has approved a plan that would prohibit an expansion of commercial fishing in the Arctic, at least until more is known about the area.
Aug 21, 2009 |
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Researchers study 'fundamental, amazing change' in Great Lakes (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- The Great Lakes are in the midst of a remarkable ecological transformation, driven largely by the blitzkrieg advance of two closely related species of non-native mussels.
Jul 16, 2009 |
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Plan would ban U.S. commercial fishing in Arctic Ocean
Federal fishery regulators Thursday approved an unprecedented plan to ban U.S. commercial fishing in the Arctic Ocean.
Feb 06, 2009 |
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