Fisheries
Beyond bait: Fisheries innovators use light, behavior and biology to reduce impact
Fisheries innovators are exploring “baitless” systems using visual stimuli, species-specific responses and gear design to draw in target species.
Innovation & Investment
Responsible Seafood Innovation Award finalist: How blue-violet LED lights could help longline fisheries reduce bycatch
2026 Responsible Seafood Innovation Award finalist's LED fishing lights can reduce bycatch in longline fisheries and single-use lightsticks.
Fisheries
Catch & Culture Review: How deoxygenation in the ocean impacts Pacific halibut fisheries, with ecological and economic projections
In this review of recent fisheries literature, we explore deoxygenation's impact on halibut, shifting effort toward free-school tuna harvesting and more.
Intelligence
ID check: Rapid DNA testing is altering the frontline war on seafood fraud
New technology makes it possible to verify a fish species in just minutes, potentially transforming conservation, trade and consumer confidence.
Fisheries
Catch & Culture Review: Bioeconomic modeling for tuna fisheries and bespoke fisheries management
In this review of recent fisheries literature, we examine tuna harvest strategy optimization and why a one-size-fits-all management approach fails.
Intelligence
Can Britain learn to love sardines? Shifting seafood market trends hint at change
New research explores shifting U.K. seafood market trends and whether consumers are ready to embrace local fish like sardines, sprats, anchovies and herring.
Fisheries
‘A revolution in the making’: How a solar-powered ice maker is transforming an Indonesian tuna fishery
A solar-powered ice maker has transformed an Indonesian community's tuna fishery, boosting incomes and slashing waste and emissions.
Fisheries
Tuna fisheries most at risk from climate change, new research suggests
A global study warns tuna and other migratory fisheries face the greatest climate risks as warming seas shift stocks and strain management.
Fisheries
A deep learning model for short- and medium-term predictions of spatiotemporal distribution of marine fishing effort
A deep learning model to predict fishing effort can simultaneously interpret and integrate fishing intensity and environmental factors.
Fisheries
Biodegradable fish aggregating device may help tuna fisheries cut plastic pollution
Spanish marine tech firms launch an industrial-scale biodegradable fish aggregating device to cut ocean plastic pollution in tuna fisheries.
Fisheries
Recovery signs for Pacific bluefin tuna have fishers and farmers celebrating
Catch limits, quotas and aquaculture have helped rebuild Pacific bluefin tuna fisheries after the spawning stock biomass plummeted to a historic low.
Fisheries
ISSF: 99.1% of participating tuna companies comply with conservation measures
ISSF’s latest report shows 99.1 percent of participating tuna companies comply with 33 conservation measures.
Fisheries
ICCAT adopts stronger measures for tuna and swordfish fisheries management
New measures enhance responsible fisheries management of tuna and swordfish, emphasizing science, conservation and small-scale fisheries.
Fisheries
Fisheries in Focus: Where does fishing effort go when an MPA is established?
Sustainable Fisheries UW examines a recent paper in PNAS that claims fishing effort is not displaced by marine protected areas.
Responsibility
TNC and Thai Union take leading roles in driving transparency in tuna fisheries
The Nature Conservancy’s Tuna Transparency Pledge seeks comprehensive human or electronic observation on every vessel in the global fleet.
Fisheries
ISSF: Nearly 50 percent of tuna stocks are subject to overfishing
The latest ISSF report reveals that nearly half of major tuna stocks successfully avoid overfishing and meet target biomass levels.