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From Co-Operation to Coercion in Fisheries Management: The Effects of Military Intervention on the Nile Perch Fishery on Lake Victoria in Uganda

open access: yesFishes, 2023
In 2017, Uganda’s small-scale inland fisheries underwent a significant transformation, shifting from local co-management to state military enforcement owing to ineffective enforcement of regulations and declining exports.
Veronica Mpomwenda   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The National Marine Fisheries Service’s National Bycatch Strategy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) launched its National Bycatch Strategy (NBS) in March 2003 in response to the continued fisheries management challenge posed by fisheries bycatch.
Benaka, Lee R., Dobrzynski, Tanya J.
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First Report of ‘Soft Flesh’ Induced by the Parasite Kudoa thyrsites (Myxosporea) in Commercial Codfish From Norway

open access: yesJournal of Fish Diseases, Volume 48, Issue 4, April 2025.
ABSTRACT Kudoa thyrsites is a myxosporean parasite that infects the skeletal muscle of various teleost fish species globally. Severe infections lead to ‘soft flesh’ in fish fillets, resulting in food spoilage and subsequent discard. While K. thyrsites has previously been identified in migratory Atlantic mackerel in the northern Northeast Atlantic Ocean,
Lucilla Giulietti   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Slow sink rate in floated-demersal longline and implications for seabird bycatch risk.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2022
Bycatch of birds in longline fisheries is a global conservation issue, with between 160,000-320,000 seabirds killed each year, primarily through being caught and drowned as they attempt to snatch baits off hooks as they are set.
Yann Rouxel   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Longline-caught blue shark (Prionace glauca): factors affecting the numbers available for live release* [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
The blue shark (Prionace glauca) is an oceanic species that occurs in temperate and tropical waters around the globe (Robins and Ray, 1986). This species is a major bycatch of pelagic longline fleets that operate to supply the world’s growing demand for
Diaz, Guillermo A., Serafy, Joseph E.
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An investigation into the efficacy of Biokos® in controlling ciliates in laboratory cultures of Saccharina latissima gametophytes

open access: yesJournal of Phycology, EarlyView.
Abstract A major challenge faced by kelp aquaculture operations is the control of contaminants, including by marine ciliates. Biokos® is a commercially available treatment for ciliate parasites in fish, in which the active ingredient is a viscosin‐like lipopeptide surfactant.
Veronica Farrugia Drakard   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Forecasting Green‐Lipped Mussel Settlement via Feature Engineering and Random Forest Regressor

open access: yesNew Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, Volume 60, Issue 1, March 2026.
Spat settlement is vital in the life cycle of green‐lipped mussels (Perna canaliculus) and in the aquaculture industry, particularly in New Zealand. Spat, the juvenile stage of mussels, settle on substrates like ropes, initiating their growth into adults.
Emrah Hancer   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Typology of the Albanian Small-Scale Fisheries

open access: yesCroatian Journal of Fisheries, 2022
The lack of reliable fisheries statistics hampers full assessment of the status of marine resources. Central to this problem are data-poor fisheries such as the Albanian seas and in particular the SSF sector.
Bakiu Rigers   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

European Shark Fisheries: A Preliminary Investigation into Fisheries, Conversion Factors, Trade Products, Markets and Management Measures [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Recommends new regulations to prevent shark finning -- an illegal practice in which a shark's fins are removed and its carcass dumped at sea -- and stresses the urgent need for effective shark conservation ...
Bernard Seret   +11 more
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Hawaii's Marine Fisheries: Some History, Long-term Trends, and Recent Developments [PDF]

open access: yes, 1993
This paper provides an overview of Hawaii's marine fisheries from 1948 to the present. After three decades of decline following a brief period of growth at the conclusion to World War lI, Hawaii's commercial fisheries began a decade of sustained ...
Pooley, Samuel G.
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