Bycatch is one of the main threats to marine biodiversity, affecting ocean ecosystems at a
worldwide scale. The main focus of bycatch studies has been on the impact of larger …

Longline fisheries have expanded throughout the world's oceans since major commercial
distant-water pelagic fleets began fishing for tuna and tuna-like species in the early 1950s …

To evaluate how fishing practices affect bycatch survival and to identify opportunities to
reduce bycatch mortality, we estimated the odds of hooking survival for common bycatch …

This report provides bycatch estimates for 9 species of small cetaceans and pinnipeds
caught in the Northeast (NEBT) and Mid-Atlantic (MABT) bottom trawl fisheries during 2011 …

Blue marlin (Makaira nigricans) and sailfish (Istiophorus platypterus) are ecologically
important predators and valuable species throughout the world's recreational, commercial …

During 1999 we determined abundance and size frequency of the Caribbean spiny lobster,
Panulirus argus, in various habitats within the 'Lakes' and 'Marquesas' regions (122 km2) of …

Bycatch is one of the main causes of human-caused mortality and population decline of
many marine mammals. Monitoring bycatch is the first step to understand the impact of the …

Demersal sharks and rays are common yet vulnerable components of the bycatch in tropical
bottom-trawl fisheries. Little is known about the elasmobranch assemblages associated with …

Fishing activities on charter boats that targeted reef fishes were documented by observers in
2012 and 2013 to examine the effect of fishing season (open versus closed) for red snapper …

With the observer data from the National Marine Fisheries Service Pelagic Observer
Programme (POP) and the logbook data from the US Atlantic pelagic longline fishery, we …