Tenders tie up at the processor’s docks, where a tube sucks salmon out of the hold and pumps them into a room-sized vat of slush ice, where they “rest” for six to eight hours to let their muscles ...

The ruling is a loss for fishermen who sought federal management of all Cook Inlet commercial salmon harvests because they ...

The investigation released dramatic footage of the carnage wreaked by drift gill nets in federal waters off the California coast.

Looking for a simple, waterproof fly fishing pack? The Yeti Sidekick keeps things minimal yet functional, with easy access and rugged durability.

In this study, we directly heard opinions on the causes and countermeasures of gillnet waste from gillnet fishermen in Republic of Korea and collected information on gillnet fishing gear. A total of ...

INTRODUCTION Gillnet is one of the most primitive types of fishing gear. Records show that its use dates back to Neolithic Period (Diegues 1983). It is the most widely used fishing gear in the South ...

Following a series of set and drift gillnet salmon fishing openers on the Kuskokwim River that brought a mix of chinook, chum, and sockeye into subsistence nets, fisheries managers have announced the ...

The toll on wildlife from illegal fishing, bycatch and entanglement in fishing gear is likely underestimated, because it doesn’t account for ‘dark’ fishing vessels, a new study finds.

However, despite the selective power of gillnet fishing, bycatch of megafauna also occurs (AFONSO; CHAVES, 2021). In the 1980s, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) ...

Permits are being issued to commercial swordfish fishermen who forgo large drift nets for a new system that won’t also capture whales and dolphins. The National Marine Fisheries Service recently ...

Commercial swordfish and shark fishing operations are going to have to turn to safer ways of reeling in their catch after California moved to outlaw long-line drift gillnets that are blamed for ...

The federal legislation also includes grants to the remaining large-drift gillnet permit holders to cover the cost of permits, the forfeiture of existing fishing gear, and the acquisition of ...