LOCAL ECOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE ON BYCATCH MITIGATION IN CROATIA
Local traditional and ecological knowledge of fishers on bycatch and bycatch mitigation in Croatia was collected using the survey method to support the identification of existing, acceptable and applicable solutions for bycatch mitigation. In total, 30 responses were received.Fishers reported that it is possible to accidentally catch all targeted ...
Matić Skoko, Sanja +2 more
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Shark bycatch represents a substantial issue in the management of oceanic fisheries. Utilizing data on shark bycatch from the longline fishery, as released by the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission, this study applied the boosted regression
Shengyao Xia +4 more
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Assessment of novel gear designs to reduce interactions between species [PDF]
This project tested modified gillnets designed by commercial net fishers in the Queensland East Coast Inshore Finfish Fishery (ECIFF) to try and identify gears that would mitigate and/or improve interactions between fishing nets and Species of ...
Green, Neil +8 more
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Bycatch mitigation in tuna longline fishery
MASASHI KIYOTA, DAISUKE SHIODE
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Small cetacean captures and CPUE estimates in artisanal fisheries operating from a port in northern Peru, 2005-2007. Scientific Committee document SC/60/SM19, International Whaling Commission, June 2008, Santiago, Chile [PDF]
This work provides the first direct, at-sea monitoring of small cetacean interactions with Peruvian artisanal drift gillnet and longline vessels. A total of 253 small cetaceans were observed captured during 66 fishing trips (480 sets) monitored from ...
Alfaro-Shigueto, J. +2 more
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Report of the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission for the year 2008 [PDF]
ENGLISH: The Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) operates under the authority and direction of a convention originally entered into by Costa Rica and the United States. The convention, which came into force in 1950, is open to adherence by
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Unintended Victims: A Systematic Review of Global Marine Turtle By-Catch in Fisheries
Incidental capture (bycatch) is a major threat to all seven marine turtle species worldwide. This systematic review assessed (i) research trends over the past 20 years; (ii) relationships between fishery types, gear, and species caught; (iii) post ...
Breno Carvalho da Silva +4 more
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Diet of oceanic loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) in the central North Pacific [PDF]
Diet analysis of 52 loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) collected as bycatch from 1990 to 1992 in the high-seas driftnet fishery operating between lat. 29.5°N and 43°N and between long.
Balazs, George H. +2 more
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Carting Away the Oceans 8 [PDF]
Greenpeace released the 8th edition of its annual report, Carting Away the Oceans, which evaluates 26 major retailers on their seafood sourcing and sustainability. Whole foods and Safeway topped the ranking guide.
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Synthesising a network of evidence on a seabird bycatch mitigation measure
AbstractRobust estimates of the relative efficacies of alternative management interventions are essential for developing evidence‐informed fisheries bycatch policy. Bycatch is a major threat to the conservation of albatrosses and other pelagic seabirds.
Eric Gilman +5 more
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