Whenever fishing vessels harvest fish, other animals can be accidentally caught or entangled in fishing gear as bycatch. Numerous strategies exist to prevent bycatch, but data have been lacking on ...

Bycatch from fishing is killing Europe’s seabirds in huge and unsustainable numbers. Jeremy Herry exposes the scale of the problem and sheds lights on the simple solutions that could turn things ...

The largest commercial fishing industry in the Gulf of Mexico is accidentally killing and discarding more than 22,000 redfish ...

Lighted nets dramatically reduce bycatch of sharks and other wildlife while making fishing more efficient. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2022 / 01 ...

Unfortunately, excluder devices and changes in fishing practices are not the only cost to making these proposed halibut bycatch policy changes. Other fisheries may also lose reasonable amounts of ...

Bycatch, the incidental catch of untargeted species in commercial fisheries, is not just about salmon, crab and other fish. Seabirds are also caught and killed unintentionally in fishing gear.

Concern is growing about the huge number of seabirds being killed by fisheries in the North Atlantic and the Mediterranean, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) said yesterday.

In a win-win for commercial fisheries and marine wildlife, researchers have found that using lighted nets greatly reduced accidental bycatch of sharks, rays, sea turtles, and unwanted finfish.

Western Alaska tribes, outraged by bycatch, ... It’s been three years since a crash in king salmon populations forced an outright ban on fishing for them in the Yukon River.

Concern is growing about the huge number of seabirds being killed by fisheries in the North Atlantic and the Mediterranean, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) said yesterday.