Fisheries
Study: Overfishing has halved shark and ray populations since 1970
Overfishing, bycatch, habitat loss and climate change have caused a 50 percent decline in shark and ray populations since 1970, study finds.
Fisheries
Can an electric-field device mitigate shark bycatch in commercial fisheries?
Tests show a simple zinc-and-graphite device can significantly reduce shark bycatch on longlines without affecting tuna or swordfish catches.
Fisheries
Fisheries in Focus: Recent paper in Science confirms basic fisheries science, conjures causality
Sustainable Fisheries-UW: Better fisheries management requires enforcement of already-in-place limits, not new regulations that also go unenforced.
Responsibility
Scientists call for science-based approach to shark conservation in Brazil’s Marine Protected Areas
A science-based approach to shark conservation in Brazil’s Marine Protected Areas may curb "destructive proposals" including shark culling.
Fisheries
Study: Effective fisheries management reduces extinction risk of sharks and rays
The extinction risk of sharks and rays can be significantly reduced with effective fisheries management and policies, says a Virginia Tech study.
Fisheries
Fisheries in Focus: Tunas and billfishes are improving on the IUCN Red List – and it’s thanks to effective fisheries management
Sustainable Fisheries UW offers a rundown of the IUCN Red List and how tunas and billfishes benefit from strong fisheries management.
Fisheries
Could an electric-pulsed device help mitigate shark bycatch in longline fisheries?
Research shows that SharkGuard, an electric-pulsed device that attaches to longline fishing rigs, can significantly reduce shark bycatch.
Fisheries
Fisheries management help tunas, billfishes recover, but extinction risk of sharks rises
New study suggests conservation and fisheries management help tunas and billfishes recover, but shark biodiversity continues to decline.
Fisheries
Bangladesh moves to protect threatened sharks and rays
With sharks and rays critically endangered, the government of Bangladesh has amended legislation to reduce the extinction risk of the species.
Health & Welfare
Protecting fish in shark-infested waters
Sharks are predators to warmwater aquaculture that are not stopped by traditional cage nets when they seek the fish contained inside.