Tag: Commercial Fishing

Schneider Trophy winner Jacob Lepera releasing one of his many sailfish in 2016. Leonard Bryant photo

Billfish at Heart of Longline Permit Opposition by Recreational Fishing Organizations 

BVI Establish Shark Sanctuary

A new study that examined the survival rates of 12 different shark species when captured as unintentional bycatch in commercial longline fishing operations found large differences in survival rates across the 12 species, with bigeye thresher, dusky, and scalloped hammerhead being the most vulnerable. Image courtesy of Frank Gibson - Sharktagging.com

Vulnerability of Sharks in Commercial Fishing

Bottom Trawling Effects Destroying BILLIONS of Acres of Sea Bottom

World Fisheries will Collapse by the year 2050 if we continue…

Bluefin Tuna on the Brink of Extinction

Bycatch – Is There Hope?