Fisheries bycatch is one of the biggest threats to marine mammal populations. A literature
review was undertaken to provide a comprehensive assessment and synopsis of gear …

Fishers, scientists, and resource managers have made substantial progress in reducing
bycatch of sea turtles, seabirds, and marine mammals through physical modifications to …

There have been considerable efforts in recent years to modify fishing gears and practices to
target particular sizes and species of fish and other marine organisms more efficiently, as …

Fisheries are increasingly adopting ecosystem approaches to better manage impacts on
non-target species. Although deliberate dumping of plastics at sea is banned, not all …

A controlled experiment was carried out in 1996–1997 to determine whether acoustic
deterrent devices (pingers) reduce marine mammal bycatch in the California drift gill net …

There is growing evidence that small‐scale, coastal, passive net fisheries may be the largest
single threat to some sea turtle populations. We review assessments of turtle interactions in …

Documenting the extent of fishery gear interactions is critical to wildlife conservation efforts,
especially for reducing entanglements and ingestion. This study summarizes fishery gear …

Active sound emitters ('pingers') are used in several gillnet fisheries to reduce bycatch of
small cetaceans, and/or to reduce depredation by dolphins. Here, we review studies …

Seabirds, as foragers in marine waters for at least part of their lifecycle, encounter the global
fishing fleet in search of marine resources. While fishing gear is designed to catch fish and …

Since the 1970s the role of fishery bycatch as a factor reducing, or limiting the recovery of,
marine mammal populations has been increasingly recognized. The proceedings of a 1990 …