Fisheries
Tests show a simple zinc-and-graphite device can significantly reduce shark bycatch on longlines without affecting tuna or swordfish catches.
Fisheries
Reducing king and chum salmon bycatch in Alaska’s pollock fishery has required an industrywide effort with data sharing and new technology. Is it enough?
Fisheries
Solar-powered net lights cut sea turtle bycatch without reducing target catch, offering a practical, scalable fix for sustainable fisheries.
Fisheries
Findings highlight a trade-off in the fishery: Smaller mesh sizes boost catch efficiency, mainly for targeted females, but increase bycatch of males.
Fisheries
The co-existence of net-based fisheries and jellyfish requires close cooperation among fishers, managers and scientists.
Fisheries
ISSF’s innovative fish aggregating device cuts bycatch ghost fishing and ocean pollution, earning a spot as a 2025 Responsible Seafood Innovation Award finalist.
Fisheries
New onboard tech helps tuna fisheries release bycatch with minimal handling, improving crew safety and advancing sustainability goals.
Fisheries
Overfishing, bycatch, habitat loss and climate change have caused a 50 percent decline in shark and ray populations since 1970, study finds.
Fisheries
Smartrawl employs AI-enabled cameras and innovative gate hardware on fishing nets to enable bottom trawlers to sort fish, reducing bycatch.
Fisheries
AZTI’s new artificial intelligence tool enhances fisheries management by quickly identifying fish species and reducing bycatch.
Fisheries
A new net-free, nearly 100 percent biodegradable design for fish aggregating devices could help minimize the impact of commercial tuna fishing.
Fisheries
A new toolkit provides essential information to help reduce the bycatch of endangered albatrosses and other seabirds in longline fishing.
Fisheries
Ocean warming and increased frequency of marine heatwaves could lead to higher Chinook salmon bycatch rates, scientists say.
Fisheries
High-tech bycatch reduction devices – data analytics, cameras and sensors – are in play but SafetyNet Technologies says the secret is collaboration.
Fisheries
Understanding the significance of bycatch is critical to managing Antarctic krill, a keystone species and the largest fishery in the Southern Ocean.
Fisheries
Seafood giant signs on to the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership initiative aiming to reduce the bycatch of vulnerable marine wildlife.