fisheries

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Unlocking Fishery Sustainability: AI Algorithm for Precise Fish Stock Evaluation
Renata Romeo -- Ocean Image Bank Unlocking Fishery Sustainability: AI Algorithm for Precise Fish Stock
SharkGuard devices reduce bycatch of sharks and rays CREDIT Fishtek Marine
Saving sharks and sting rays from fishing hooks with electric pulses
SharkGuard devices reduce bycatch of sharks and rays CREDIT: Fishtek Marine Saving sharks and sting
Using lighted nets greatly reduces accidental bycatch of sharks, rays, sea turtles, and unwanted finfish
via NOAA Using lighted nets greatly reduces accidental bycatch of sharks, rays, sea turtles, and
Millions of jobs at stake: Marine heatwaves could wipe out an extra six per cent of a country’s fish catches if we don’t act
Credit: Cassiano Psomas/Unsplash   Millions of jobs at stake: Marine heatwaves could wipe out an
Groundbreaking model uses remote sensing data, machine learning, and human rights expertise to shed light on slavery at sea
Percentage of 2018 fishing effort (in kilowatt-hours) made by model-identified high-risk vessels out of the
Depleting fish stocks more rapidly with technological advances

Technological advances are allowing commercial fishing fleets to double their fishing power every 35 years

Industrial fishing fleets have doubled the distance they travel to fishing grounds since 1950 but now catch only a third per kilometre travelled

Industrial fishing fleets have doubled the distance they travel to fishing grounds since 1950 but

Reduce seabird death toll from fishing by 85 per cent by using LED lights

Illuminating fishing nets with low-cost lights could reduce the terrible impact they have on seabirds

The global fishing fleet is so big it can be seen from space

Really. Fishing activity now covers at least 55 percent of the world’s oceans — four

A solution to the overharvesting of fish?

There are fewer fish in the sea – literally. Consumer demand and inadequate scientific information

Global fish catches hugely underestimated by fish trade

Conservation of dwindling fish stocks is being severely hampered by poor controls on global trade,

Building a Better Fish Trap: WCS Reduces Fish Bycatch With Escape Gaps in Africa

New basket traps designed by WCS and Kenyan Marine and Fisheries Research Institute allow juvenile

Researchers discover early-warning system to prevent fishery collapse

The work demonstrates how extinction and overfishing threats from multispecies fisheries can be identified decades

The Historical Collapse of Southern California Fisheries and the Rocky Future of Seafood

Recently, the New York Times Green Blog described how two major Southern California fisheries (kelp and barred

Offshore Energy Acquisition in the Western Pacific: The Decline of the World’s Most Abundant Fisheries

The noise caused by the waves can injure and impair many different species of fish