Thousands of turtles netted off South America
Tens of thousands of sea turtles are caught each year by small-scale fishers off South America's Pacific coast, new research shows.
Ecology
Jun 5, 2018
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Fisheries Research
437 million tons of fish, $560 billion wasted due to destructive fishing operations
Industrial fisheries that rely on bottom trawling wasted 437 million tonnes of fish and missed out on $560 billion in revenue over the past 65 years, new UBC research has found.
Ecology
May 15, 2018
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How winter temps can affect your spring fishing
Cold winter weather can play a key role in what you're allowed to fish for next spring. That point was driven home when low temperatures in early January led North Carolina to temporarily bar fishing for spotted seatrout ...
Ecology
Jan 16, 2018
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Fishing catch research pinpoints best assessment method
Edith Cowan University researchers are working on tools to improve future fishing management and conservation by developing effective geostatistical methods with which to model the spatial distributions of recreational fishing ...
Ecology
Jul 6, 2015
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Clever fish around the coast of Mallorca Island
To avoid overfishing and aid in sustainable exploitation, the status of the fish stocks has to be monitored regularly. In many cases stock assessment is based on fishery-dependent data generated from fish markets or creel ...
Ecology
May 20, 2015
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Pacific-wide study reveals striped marlins' preferred habitat, may help avoid overfishing
In the largest study to track striped marlin in the Pacific Ocean, marine ecologists report the preferred habitat of this valuable commercial and recreational fish by using direct observations collected by satellite tags. ...
Ecology
Mar 26, 2015
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'Saving our fish' needs more than a ban on discarding
Banning the practice of throwing unmarketable or over-quota fish back into the sea is just one of the measures needed to deliver sustainable fisheries according to new research from the University of East Anglia (UEA).
Ecology
Nov 10, 2013
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Building a better fish trap: WCS reduces fish bycatch with escape gaps in Africa
Scientists from the Wildlife Conservation Society and the Kenyan Marine and Fisheries Research Institute have achieved a milestone in Africa: they've helped build a better fish trap, one that keeps valuable fish in while ...
Ecology
Oct 7, 2013
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Researchers seek to reduce bycatch in groundfish trawling
(Phys.org) —Researchers working with the groundfish fishing industry in the Pacific Northwest have tested a new "flexible sorting grid excluder" – a type of bycatch reduction device that shows promise to significantly ...
Ecology
Mar 20, 2013
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