In most fisheries, a number of species are unintentionally caught as bycatch while
attempting to catch the targeted species. While much of the bycatch problem is technological …

Discarding is considered by many as an important problem in world fisheries. In many
regions, data collection onboard commercial vessels has intensified, and the understanding …

Bycatch has become one of the most pressing fishery management issues of our time.
Bycatch, which is defined as the part of the capture that is discarded dead (Hall 1996) …

The increase in commercial fisheries production over the last 50 years has been
accompanied by an increase in the level of incidental catch and discarding of a number of …

A number of solutions, with varying efficiency, have been proposed to mitigate discards. In
this paper twelve mitigation measures were reviewed by their strengths and weaknesses …

Increasingly, fisheries are being managed under catch quotas that are often further allocated
to specific permit holders or sectors. At the same time, serious consideration is being given …

Catch share management was implemented in the bottom trawl sector of the West Coast
Groundfish fishery in 2011 to address a range of issues including high bycatch and discard …

The authors estimate that between 17.9 and 39.5 million tons (average 27.0 million) of fish
are discarded each year in commercial fisheries. These estimates are based on a review of …

Management of individual species in a multi-species fishery poses a number of challenges
for fishery management systems, including the problem of managing fish bycatch. Fish …

Fishery management has focused primarily on limiting the total catch of key target species to
sustainable levels, but fishery managers and the public are becoming increasingly …