Bycatch and mortality in fishing gear poses a conservation threat worldwide to many marine
species. Resource managers and conservation scientists face challenges in identifying …

Bycatch in marine capture fisheries is the retained catch of nontargeted but commercially
viable species (referred to as “incidental catch”) plus all discards (Food and Agriculture …

Incidental capture of marine animals in fishing gear may cause immediate or delayed
mortality due to injury. Increasing post-capture survival of these species is very important to …

Overexploitation of bycatch and target species in marine capture fisheries is the most
widespread and direct driver of change and loss of global marine biodiversity. Bycatch in …

Unintended injuries and fatalities to non-target marine species—a major component of
“bycatch”—is one of the principal threats to the survival of many endangered marine …

Tuna fisheries have been identified as one of the major threats to populations of other
marine vertebrates, including sea turtles, sharks, seabirds and marine mammals. The …

Bycatch, the incidental capture of any marine animal in fishing gear, occurs globally in
nearly every type of fishing gear. This paper consolidates the existing published and …

For many years, tremendous effort has been dedicated to developing new industrial tuna
fisheries, while their adverse impacts on threatened marine species have received relatively …

The history of global longline fishing illustrates the role of new technologies (eg vessel
innovations, freezers, fishing gear), the expansion of fishing grounds, and the operational …

Bycatch from pelagic longline fisheries has contributed to widespread population declines of
turtles, sharks and other pelagic fishes. While large-scale estimates are needed to …