Conservation of ecologically related species and understanding the discard composition of
fisheries are major concerns for marine ecosystem conservation. However, high sea …

Recent interest in the species composition of tuna fisheries is perhaps best exemplified by
the Implementing Agreement1 of the United Nations Conference on Straddling Fish Stocks …

Minimising the unintended capture of fish, marine mammals, reptiles, seabirds and other
marine organisms is an important component of responsible fisheries management and for …

Fisheries bycatch continues to drive the decline of many threatened marine species such as
seabirds, sharks, marine mammals and sea turtles. Management frameworks typically …

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 …

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY BYCATCH, OR THE CATCH OF NON-TARGET FISH AND OCEAN
WILDLIFE, IS ONE OF THE LARGEST THREATS TO MAINTAINING HEALTHY FISH …

Discarding by fisheries is one of the most wasteful human marine activities, yet we have few
estimates of its scale. Reliable estimates of global discards are essential for sustainable …

Many of the world's marine fisheries have been poorly managed, or not managed at all.
Because of this lack of management, many of the stocks supporting these fisheries have …

Designing effective bycatch mitigation programmes requires an understanding of the life
histories of target and non-target species, interactions of fish and fishing gear, effects of …

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 …