News tagged with fisheries management

NOAA unveils improved way to estimate saltwater recreational fishing

NOAA today announced it has begun to use an improved method to estimate the amount of fish caught by saltwater anglers, which will allow rules that fishermen follow to be based on more accurate information.

Biology / Ecology

created Jan 26, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Revised population figures still spell doom for tuna

(PhysOrg.com) -- An international team of marine scientists, including three at Simon Fraser University, hope their latest findings about the perilous state of the world’s tuna populations do not dampen efforts to conserve ...

Biology / Ecology

created Dec 06, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

EU launches new 6.5-bln fund to slash over-fishing

The European Commission unveiled a new 6.5-billion-euro fund Friday to help fishermen move towards sustainable fishing as part of an effort to save fish stocks.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 02, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3

Satellite data can help protect bluefin tuna

A new model developed by scientists of the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) allows the potential presence of bluefin tuna to be tracked through daily updated maps, helping to protect endangered stocks and ...

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Environmental conditions and predators affect Atlantic salmon survival in the Gulf of Maine

Stocks of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar), which have been steadily declining for the past few decades, are facing new challenges in the Gulf of Maine, where changing spring wind patterns, warming sea surface temperatures and ...

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 17, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Biologists fish for reasons behind endangered grouper's comeback

In the waters along Florida's east and west coasts, Florida State University marine biologists are collecting new data on the once severely overfished Atlantic goliath grouper, a native species that is making ...

Biology / Ecology

created Oct 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Increased protection urgently needed for tunas

For the first time, all species of scombrids (tunas, bonitos, mackerels and Spanish mackerels) and billfishes (swordfish and marlins) have been assessed for the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Of the 61 known species, ...

Biology / Ecology

created Jul 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Madagascar marine resources plundered by international seafood markets

Fish catches in Madagascar over the last half-century are double the official reports, and much of that fish is being caught by unregulated traditional fishers or accessed cheaply by foreign fishing vessels. Seafood exports ...

Biology / Ecology

created Jun 17, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

US keeps bluefin tuna off endangered list

The United States on Friday rejected calls to protect Atlantic bluefin tuna as an endangered species, saying that while it was worried about overfishing it did not fear imminent extinction.

Biology / Ecology

created May 27, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

New method for measuring biomass reveals fish stocks are more stable than widely believed

Fish and marine species are among the most threatened wildlife on earth, due partly to over exploitation by fishing fleets. Yet there are differences in assessing trends in worldwide fishing stocks which, researchers writing ...

Biology / Ecology

created Apr 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists can track origin of shark fins using 'zip codes' in their DNA

An international team of scientists, led by the Institute for Ocean Conservation Science at Stony Brook University, has used DNA to determine that groups of dusky sharks (Carcharhinus obscurus) and copper ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Apr 27, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Kenya's fisheries management promotes species that grow larger and live longer

Marine conservationists from the Wildlife Conservation Society working in Kenya have found that better fisheries management that includes restricting fishing gear is producing more predatory and longer-lived ...

Biology / Ecology

created Feb 10, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study finds common ground for ecosystems and fishing in Northwest Mexico

Researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego have completed a new study on the geography of commercial fisheries in Northwest Mexico and the results could have far-ranging implications ...

Biology / Ecology

created Jan 27, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Pacific fisheries face collapse by 2035: study

Pacific island fisheries face collapse in the next 25 years as overfishing, population growth and climate change threaten one of the region's main economic resources, a study warned Wednesday.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 27, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

New collaborative process can help improve management of marine recreational fisheries

In an era when fisheries management is rife with controversy, new research led by a team of University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science fisheries scientists shows that a new, stakeholder-driven process can improve ...

Biology / Ecology

created Sep 21, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0