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Mitigating Bycatch: Insights from Key Stakeholders in Commercial Fisheries

Bycatch in commercial fisheries remains a significant environmental issue, with global implications for biodiversity and ecosystem integrity. Despite various mitigation measures available, their adoption by fisheries in Argentina is inconsistent. This study examines the social factors influencing the implementation of bycatch mitigation measures within
Agustina Iwan, Marco Favero, Ingrid E. Van Putten, Maria S. Arqueros Mejica, Brock J. Bergseth, Jacqueline D. Lau, Sofía Copello   +6 more
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Predicted harbor porpoise bycatch under potential mitigation measure scenarios

2008
During the Harbor Porpoise Take Reduction Team (HPTRP) meeting in December 2007, questions were raised concerning what the predicted harbor porpoise bycatch would have been in 2005 and 2006 if: (a) the current Harbor Porpoise Take Reduction Plan (HPTRP) was followed (Scenario I); (b) if, in addition, pingers had been used in the entire Northeast ...
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Bycatch governance and best practice mitigation technology in global tuna fisheries

Marine Policy, 2011
Overexploitation of bycatch and target species in marine capture fisheries is the most widespread and direct driver of change and loss of global marine biodiversity. Bycatch in purse seine and pelagic longline tuna fisheries, the two primary gear types for catching tunas, is a primary mortality source of some populations of seabirds, sea turtles ...
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Shark repellents: a comparison of alternative methods to mitigate bycatch

2023
Shark populations have been suffering a tremendous decrease in recent years, with many species currently threatened, mainly due to overfishing and climate change. Most fishing accounts for sharks occur when they are accidentally captured as bycatch. To mend this issue, shark repellent research has been developing over the last 70 years, however, it is ...
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Multidisciplinary Approaches to Mitigating Fisheries Bycatch

2022
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Compensatory mitigation for marine bycatch will do harm, not good

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 2007
Daniel Doak, Victoria Bakker, Myra Finkelstein, Ben Sullivan, Rebecca Lewison, Bradford Keitt, Jennifer Arnold, John Croxall, Fiorenza Micheli, M. Sanjayan   +9 more
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Bycatch Mitigation and the Protection of Associated Species

2019
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Bycatch mitigation tools: selecting fisheries, setting limits, and modifying gear

Ocean & Coastal Management, 2003
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