Liz is a marine biologist, environmental regulation specialist, and science writer. She has previously studied Antarctic fish, seaweed, and marine coastal ecology. Bycatch is a term used in the ...

Huge numbers of fish, seabirds, and other marine animals are routinely killed and discarded after being inadvertently caught during fishing operations. Known as marine bycatch, this problem is an ...

Washington, DC—A report released today by conservation and animal protection groups finds that Ecuador’s fishing industry does not meet US standards for limiting whale and dolphin bycatch. As a result ...

Matthew Hall is a Senior Researcher at the Environmental Law Initiative. Ingrid O'Sullivan is a Senior Researcher at the Environmental Law Initiative. Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of ...

It’s been three years since a crash in king salmon populations forced an outright ban on fishing for them in the Yukon River. And barring an unexpected recovery, residents along the river won’t be ...

Western Alaska villagers have endured the worst chum salmon runs on record, several years of anemic Chinook salmon runs in the Yukon and Kuskokwim rivers, harvest closures from the Bering Sea coast to ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract ABSTRACT: Unintended mortality in longlines emerged in the early 1990s as one of the most important threats for pelagic seabirds worldwide.

Chris Wilcox receives funding from the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, and philanthropic funders. Leslie Roberson does not work for, ...

Scientists work to assist fishermen in ways to avoid accidentally hauling in butterfish, a species protected by fishing limits. The researchers develop models to predict where the fish will be.