An international conservation organization working to protect the world’s oceans is out with a report naming the nine dirtiest U.S. fisheries. The report says the equivalent of 1 billion seafood meals ...

Researchers from the University of Exeter and the Peruvian conservation organization ProDelphinus have found that installing LED lights on top of floating gillnets reduces the accidental catch of ...

LED illuminated nets reduce bycatch of sharks and skates by an incredible 95 percent while maintaining catch rates of target species In a win-win for commercial fisheries and marine wildlife, ...

Allegations of an under-reported dugong and turtle bycatch in gillnets has triggered a call for reform however a Cairns-based fishing industry stalwart has vehemently denied the claims. However, a ...

While fishnets are used to catch fishes for the seafood business. The fishnets also capture marine animals including dolphins, turtles and other sea creatures that form an indistinctive part of the ...

Gillnet fishing in the Channel Islands is meeting its grave. Fishermen can keep their nets in the water for now, but after Assembly Bill 1056 takes effect in 2027, they will only be able to transfer ...

Harbor porpoises have rebounded in a big way off California. Their populations have recovered dramatically since the end of state set-gillnet fisheries that years ago entangled and killed them in the ...