The incidental capture of non-target species -- known as "bycatch" -- in coastal gillnet fisheries has contributed to declines in endangered species worldwide and has also impacted coastal ecosystems.

By Daniel Fernando Manta and devil rays are among the ocean’s most graceful and captivating creatures. With their wide, ...

California Set Gillnet Fishery (65 percent of all animals discarded) – More than 30,000 sharks and rays, as well as valuable fish, were discarded as waste over three years.

An illuminating idea to reduce bycatch in the Peruvian small-scale gillnet fishery. Biological Conservation , 2019; 108277 DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2019.108277 Cite This Page : ...

WCS is working in many costal nations to reduce the bycatch of iconic megafauna in gillnet fisheries, such as dolphins, sharks and rays. However, ...

While gillnet fishing in the region is illegal, because the Mexican government is not paying fishers to forgo their trade, many have gone back to the fishing method. Science, 2022. DOI: DOI: 10. ...

Possible solutions to gillnet bycatch have been largely non-existent, however the idea of net illumination is gaining more and more support in the research. While bycatch is a huge threat to ...

Researchers have found that installing LED lights on top of floating gillnets reduces the accidental catch of unwanted species dramatically. In recent tests, the bycatch of sea turtles and ...

Wasted catch, or bycatch as it's also known, refers to non-target fish and wildlife inadvertently swept up mostly by open ocean trawl, longline and gillnet-type fisheries.

Instead, he was cited for possession over the allowable gillnet bycatch for pompano outside the endorsement zone and possession of 76 undersized pompano.

LED illuminated nets reduce bycatch of sharks and skates by an incredible 95 percent ... known as “bycatch” – in coastal gillnet fisheries has contributed to declines in endangered species ...

"Gillnet fisheries often have high bycatch rates of threatened marine species such as sea turtles, whales, dolphins and seabirds," said lead author Alessandra Bielli, ...