Nets equipped with water bottles and other tricks can help save some species, while allowing fisherman to still catch others ...

Short-tailed shearwaters are seen flying over the Chukchi Sea in 2016. Shearwaters accounted for more than half of the birds killed in bycatch in the 2021 Alaska halibut and groundfish harvests, ...

In a win-win for commercial fisheries and marine wildlife, researchers have found that using lighted nets greatly reduced accidental bycatch of sharks, rays, sea turtles, and unwanted finfish. In a ...

Liz is a marine biologist, environmental regulation specialist, and science writer. She has previously studied Antarctic fish, seaweed, and marine coastal ecology. Bycatch is a term used in the ...

A new study has revealed the potential for sensory deterrents to reduce marine megafauna bycatch in fisheries. The Newcastle University research suggests that sensory deterrents can work in some ...

A marine animal caught unintentionally by commercial fishing gear is known as bycatch. Dolphins trapped in nets targeting tuna, sea turtles swept up in shrimp trawls and terrapins caught in crab traps ...

This summer, commercial salmon trollers and sport anglers in California and along most of Oregon's coast won't be allowed to pluck a single chinook salmon from the ocean, an unprecedented shutdown.

Whenever fishing vessels harvest fish, other animals can be accidentally caught or entangled in fishing gear as bycatch. Numerous strategies exist to prevent bycatch, but data have been lacking on the ...

U.S. House candidates at Alaska Public Media’s Debate for the State on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022. (Hailey Barnes/Alaska Public Media) Salmon was a hot topic in Wednesday night’s debate among candidates ...

Unselective fishing catches non-target organisms as ‘bycatch’—an issue of critical ocean conservation and resource management concern. However, the situation is confused because perceptions of target ...