They are easy to misidentify and, like other marine animals, at great risk of becoming bycatch in fishing nets or entangled ...
"It's probably around a foot thick of gillnet just wrapped very tightly ... "They're a very non-selective gear type, that have high rates of bycatch and have bycatch mortality, as well as wildlife ...
There has been a recent resurgence in illegal gillnet fishing for critically endangered totoaba ... While these nets tend not to result in bycatch of vaquitas, the exception provided illegal fishers ...
Gillnet fisheries likewise entangle and drown many of these ... threatening sanctions for Mexico’s loggerhead bycatch. In response Mexico created a sea turtle refuge in the Gulf of Ulloa — a critical ...
As the UK Government prepares to consult on a fresh UK Marine Strategy for restoring our seas that will include targets for reducing bycatch, this report shows the urgent need for alternatives to ...
A marine animal caught unintentionally by commercial fishing gear is known as bycatch. Dolphins trapped in nets targeting tuna, sea turtles swept up in shrimp trawls and terrapins caught in crab ...
significantly lower than 33% bycatch rate attributed to gillnet tuna fishing industry. Used by coastal communities across the world, the low-impact technique has long been a part of the culture of ...
Gillnet fisheries likewise entangle and drown many of these ... threatening sanctions for Mexico’s loggerhead bycatch. In response Mexico created a sea turtle refuge in the Gulf of Ulloa — a critical ...