(A) Illuminated gillnet with green LED light as well as comparison of mean biomass bycatch per unit effort (BPUE) of all bycatch taxonomic groups (B) and total bycatch (C) between control versus ...

An international conservation organization working to protect the world’s oceans is out with a report naming the nine dirtiest U.S. fisheries. The report says the equivalent of 1 billion seafood meals ...

In small-scale fisheries around the world, gillnets are helping individual fishermen put food on the table day in and day out. But at the same time, this non-selective fishing gear is inadvertently ...

In a win-win for commercial fisheries and marine wildlife, researchers have found that using lighted nets greatly reduced accidental bycatch of sharks, rays, sea turtles, and unwanted finfish.

Bycatch—the unintended capture of non‐target species—remains one of the greatest conservation and management challenges in marine fisheries. Across diverse gear types, from longlines and trawls to ...

Bycatch of seabirds in commercial fishing poses a significant threat to marine avifauna, contributing to population declines of albatrosses, petrels and other vulnerable species worldwide. Mitigation ...

Harbor porpoises have rebounded in a big way off California. Their populations have recovered dramatically since the end of state set-gillnet fisheries that years ago entangled and killed them in the ...

LED illuminated nets reduce bycatch of sharks and skates by an incredible 95 percent while maintaining catch rates of target species In a win-win for commercial fisheries and marine wildlife, ...