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Report on the Alternative Platform Observer Program in North Carolina: March 2006 to March 2007 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
In February 2006, an Alternative Platform Observer Program (APP) was implemented in North Carolina (NC) to observe commercial gillnet trips by small vessels [
Byrd, Barbie L.   +3 more
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Success stories and emerging themes in conservation physiology [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The potential benefits of physiology for conservation are well established and include greater specificity of management techniques, determination of cause–effect relationships, increased sensitivity of health and disturbance monitoring and greater ...
Cooke, Steven J.   +11 more
core   +6 more sources

Extent of threats to marine fish from the online aquarium trade in the United States

open access: yesConservation Biology, Volume 40, Issue 1, February 2026.
The global marine aquarium hobby is a multibillion‐dollar industry, largely driven by demand from the United States. Much of this trade occurs online. We web scraped 4 major US‐based e‐commerce platforms selling marine aquarium fish to determine the retail price and source (wild capture, aquaculture, or both) of 13 families of ray‐finned marine fish ...
Bing Lin   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Perspectives of fishers on turtle bycatch and conservation strategies in a small-scale inland commercial fyke net fishery

open access: yesEndangered Species Research, 2013
We compiled information on the perspectives of fishers on turtle bycatch, turtle conservation, and turtle bycatch reduction strategies (BRSs). Our research efforts focused on a small-scale inland fyke net commercial fishery in Ontario, Canada, where ...
VM Nguyen   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Estimating non‐US longline fishing impacts on Hawai‘i pelagic false killer whales in a transboundary assessment area

open access: yesConservation Science and Practice, Volume 8, Issue 2, February 2026.
Downscaling Regional Fishery Management Organization reported longline effort data using fine‐scale Global Fishing Watch effort estimates facilitates estimates of non‐US effort within a transboundary management area. These effort estimates are then used to predict interaction with the Hawai‘i pelagic false killer whale in non‐US fleets, reducing ...
Robert N. M. Ahrens   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A global review of marine turtle entanglement in anthropogenic debris: a baseline for further action [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Entanglement in anthropogenic debris poses a threat to marine wildlife. Although this is recognised as a cause of marine turtle mortality, there remain quantitative knowledge gaps on entanglement rates and population implications.
Botterell, ZLR   +6 more
core   +2 more sources

How Much Longer Will it Take? A Ten-year Review of the Implementation of United Nations General Assembly Resolutions 61/105, 64/72 and 66/68 on the Management of Bottom Fisheries in Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in 2002 adopted the first in a series of resolutions regarding the conservation of biodiversity in the deep sea.
A. Friedman   +8 more
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Bycatch mitigation from the sky: using helicopter communication for mobulid conservation in tropical tuna fisheries

open access: yesFrontiers in Marine Science
The incidental capture of non-target species (bycatch) in tuna fisheries impacts some marine vertebrates, particularly species with vulnerable life histories such as manta and devil rays (mobulids).
Jennifer L. Waldo   +16 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effectiveness of tori line use to reduce seabird bycatch in pelagic longline fishing.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2017
Industrial longline fisheries cause the death of large numbers of seabirds annually. Various mitigation measures have been proposed, including the use of tori lines.
Andrés Domingo   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Bycatch-neutral fisheries through a sequential mitigation hierarchy

open access: yesMarine Policy, 2023
Eric Gilman   +5 more
openaire   +1 more source

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