Bycatch In The News
What's new?
- 05/02/2013
- Proposed List of Fisheries for 2013 The List of Fisheries classifies each commercial fishery into one of three categories based on the level of serious injury and mortality of marine mammals that occurs incidental to each fishery. Comments must be received by May 22, 2013.
- 04/01/2013
- A Pilot Study Tetsting the Efficacy of a Flexible Sorting Grid Rockfish Excluder in the U.S. Pacific Hake Fishery Funding for this study was provided by the NOAA Fisheries Bycatch Reduction Engineering Program
- 04/01/2013
- Researchers and Fishermen Work Together to Reduce Bycatch and Maximize Fishing Opportunities
- 04/01/2013
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Marine Mammal Bycatch in Gillnet and Other Entangling Net Fisheries, 1990 to 2011
- 04/01/2013
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A Flexible Sorting Grid to Reduce Pacific Halibut Bycatch in the U.S. West Coast Groundfish Bottom Trawl Fishery Funding for this study was provided by the NOAA Fisheries Bycatch Reduction Engineering Program
- 03/15/2013
- 2014 Mid-Atlantic Reserch Set-Aside Funding Opportunity Applications are due by May 6, 2013.
- 03/11/2013
- Proposed Rule for Amendment 8 to the Atlantic HMS FMP This action should provide additional opportunities for the United States to more fully utilize its domestic swordfish quota using gears with low bycatch and bycatch mortality rates. Comments must be received by April 23, 2013
- 01/18/2013
- Marine Fisheries Review features articles on bycatch
- 11/02/2012
- Final Rule to Revise Limits on Sea Turtle Interactions in the Hawaii Shallow-Set Longline Fishery
- 09/19/2012
- Final Rule to Implement Framework Adjustment 23 to the Atlantic Sea Scallop FMP This rule, among other things, describes turtle deflector dredge requirements.
- 09/19/2012
- Final Rule to Revise Swordfish Trip Limits in the Hawaii Deep-Set Longline Fishery This rule is intended to reduce regulatory discards and optimize the yield of swordfish.
- 09/19/2012
- Final Rule to Implement Amendment 93 to the FMP for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska This amendment establishes protected species catch limits for Chinook salmon.
- 09/19/2012
- Final Rule to Amend the Bottlenose Dolphin Take Reduction Plan
- 09/19/2012
- Shark Bycatch and Mortality and Hook Bite-Offs in Pelagic Longlines This article was published in Fisheries Research in July 2012.
- 08/29/2012
- Funding Innovative Research to Reduce Bycatch
