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SoundNet - Ocean Crisis Caused by Destructive Fishing
United States. Scientists urged managers, fishers and environmentalists to recognize that how fishing is carried out may be ... This bycatch is not the only collateral damage associated with fishing. Many experts agreed that habitat destruction that some fishing gears cause is even more ecologically damaging than the harm ...
www.oceania.org.au


NCMC Conservation News - A Bottom Up Approach for Designating Marine Reserves, or Marine Protected Areas, as a Fishery Management Tool
It is these unsustainable fishing practices that are largely responsible for the overfishing ... same time, fishermen who use selective and low-impact fishing gears and methods can be rewarded with continued access to fishing grounds. Not only will this process result in reserves ...
savethefish.org


EJF: Impacts at Sea and On Land
Furthermore, many boats, both licensed and unlicensed, employ fishing gears or practises that are highly damaging to the marine environment and which result ... READ MORE Robbing from the Poor, Stealing from the Planet IUU fishing: Background Impacts of IUU Fishing How pirate fishing happens Illegal Driftnetting in the Mediterranean What are tuna? Are ...
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EJF: Why an International Plan of Action (IPOA) on bycatch reduction?
Finally, an IPOA could help push forward ... the establishment of eco-labelling schemes. Gear changes - For example, the use of passive fishing gears, where appropriate. Technological changes - For example, the use of Bycatch Reduction Devices (BRDs) in ...
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Ghostnets of Canada - All life stops here!
Too bad we fail to recognize that some traditional types of fishing gears are safe, while others are a terrible disease - a hideous cancer injected into these fragile ... by innocent, intelligent marine animals. We must realize the senselessness of this barbaric, greed-based fishing technology. Its already becoming too late… Visit the website of the: Canadian Ocean Habitat ...
www.elements.nb.ca


Background
Impacts of fishing Every year hundreds of thousands of marine mammals, turtles and seabirds are killed needlessly in fishing gears all over the world. In many ... first published in 2002. The Good Fish Guide provides comprehensive information on fishing methods and management; impacts of fishing on marine life and local communities; and information on biology, status, ...
fishonline.org


Glossary
Mobile gear – towed or encircling active fishing gears e.g. trawl, dredges or seine. OSPAR (Oslo and Paris) Convention – replaced by the Convention ... – or fixed gears refers to fishing gears that are fixed to or on the seabed e.g pots, traps or nets. These types of gears are passive as opposed to mobile gears, e.g. trawl ...
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Effects of Fishing within UK European Marine Sites
In many cases, static and mobile fishing methods are used to target the same species. For most types of fishing, recovery from damaging impacts is likely ...
www.marlin.ac.uk


Shifting Gears: Impacts of Fishing Methods in US Waters
US waters. This study, titled "Shifting Gears: Addressing the Collateral Impacts of Fishing Methods in US Waters," ...
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Fish, Biodiversity, and Fishing Gear Impacts
... myriad of other seafloor species and geological structures which can enhance their survival. ...fishing gears such as trawls and dredges impact seafloor habitats by reducing complexity and altering ... , while we struggle to understand how habitat features affect fish populations and communities, fishing gears such as trawls and dredges impact seafloor habitats by reducing complexity and altering ...
www.nurp.noaa.gov




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