Celebrating year of clean jack mackerel fishery
Fishing industry body Seafood New Zealand confirmed a year of zero by-catch of protected species on the jack mackerel fishery (JMA7) with no accidental captures of seabirds, dolphins or other…
Mitigating interactions between fisheries and vulnerable species
Despite the region’s susceptibility to climate change and other impacts, the Mediterranean and Black Sea remain one of the world’s biodiversity hotspots, rich in species variety and with a high…
Bright idea protects sea turtles
British scientists have come up with a bright idea that could help save the Mediterranean’s threatened sea turtles. Researchers from the University of Exeter and the Society for Protection of Turtles…
New tech designed with Cornish fishermen to transform bycatch monitoring
An innovative new tool being developed with fishermen in Cornwall aims to radically transform how by-catch is documented on board fishing vessels and, ultimately, prevent it happening. Funded by Defra…
Heavy fine for failing to account for coral by-catch
Nelson fishing company Westfleet Fishing and the skipper and mate of Tasman Viking have been fined close to $70,000 for failing to assess and report coral caught while fishing on…
Pinger trials planned for winter season
There’s a growing urgency to gather information about the effectiveness of pingers during Norway’s winter fishing season off the west coast, and there has been an ongoing discussion with the…
Krill fishery assessed as world’s cleanest
The findings of a new paper published in Fisheries Management and Ecology are that the Antarctic krill fishery is the cleanest in the world in terms of its exceptionally low…
Funding for more sustainable fisheries
The UK Seafood Fund has pledged support for initiatives to minimise the impact of lost fishing gears and to develop trawl gears to reduce by-catch levels. The Fisheries Industry Science…
Calling out Junk Science
Fishing industry organisations in Australia have branded a recent CSIRO article, published in the renowned Nature Sustainability journal, as junk science and based on dubious data. The article, titled By-catch rates in…
Funding secured for precision fishing technology
SafetyNet Technologies has secured £1.8 million in new funding to accelerate the development of precision fishing technology for the commercial fishing industry. The investment round was led by Mirova’s Althelia…