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Overview of gear developments and trends in the New England commercial fishing industry

ABSTRACT - Overall trends and developments in fishing gear in New England show an increasing efficiency in fish capture. This efficiency is being countered through regulatory means and with gear modifications aimed at increased selectivity and reduced bottom impact. The four most economically

Publication: Northeastern Naturalist

Scientists Urge Managers to Limit Use of Destructive Fishing Gears; Experts Agree That Bycatch, Habitat Destruction Threaten Survival of Fisheries.

Byline: SeaWeb DENVER, Colo., Feb. 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- Research presented Sunday at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) annual meeting shows that many fishermen, conservationists, and academics, despite frequent conflict over fisheries issues, agree that bottom

Publication: Ascribe Higher Education News Service

ALTERNATIVE COMMERCIAL FISHING GEARS TO BE TESTED ON LOWER COLUMBIA RIVER

OLYMPIA, Wash., Aug. 11 -- The Washington state Department of Fish and Wildlife issued the following news release: Starting this week, fishery managers from Washington and Oregon will test the feasibility of five types of alternative commercial fishing gears on the lower Columbia River. Expanding

Publication: US Fed News Service, Including US State News

ALTERNATIVE COMMERCIAL FISHING GEARS TO BE TESTED ON LOWER COLUMBIA RIVER.

OLYMPIA, WA -- The following information was released by the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW): Starting this week, fishery managers from Washington and Oregon will test the feasibility of five types of alternative commercial fishing gears on the lower Columbia River.

Publication: States News Service

Two Incidents of Fishing Gear Entanglement of Ganges River Dolphins (Platanista gangetica gangetica) in Waterways of the Sundarbans Mangrove Forest, Bangladesh

Abstract Incidental mortality in fishing gear, especially gillnets, is considered among the most severe threats to the endangered Ganges River dolphin (Platanista gangetica gangetica). However, almost no information is available about actual interactions of the species with fisheries. An emaciated

Publication: Aquatic Mammals

BFAR 2 distributes fishing gears.

TUGUEGARAO CITY, August 30, 2011 (PNA) - The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) distributed recently various types of fishing gears to fisherfolk in Claveria municipality, this province. Distributed were 100 units of gill nets, 150 units of hook and line for multiple handline and 50

Publication: Philippines News Agency

Fishermen to get free fishing gear.(Provincial News)

BFAR provincial officer Carlito V. Aclao said the program aims to provide small fishermen with the needed tools in fishing to augment their catch and eventually their income. He said they have started the other day the distribution of free fishing gears in the municipality of Don Marcelino of the

Publication: Manila Bulletin

Uthuru Vasanthaya donates fishing gear.

Sri Lanka, Jan. 20 -- The Government has distributed free fishing equipment and boats among the newly resettled fishing community in Vallaipadu in Pooneryn, Kilinochchi under the Uthuru Vasanthaya program. Accordingly, 80 fishing boats and fishing gears amounting to Rs 10 million were distributed

Publication: Daily News (Colombo, Sri Lanka)

LOST FISHING GEAR ANOTHER THREAT TO SOUND.(Editorial)

Byline: TOM COWAN AND BOB OKE Guest columnists Picture your house littered with dangerous and rusting traps that could suffocate or kill you. That is the unfortunate home for millions of salmon, rockfish, crabs and other marine life that live in Puget Sound. The numbers are astonishing. Puget Sound

Publication: Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Fishing for Energy Looks to Recycle and Recover Energy from Old Fishing Gear in Rockport, MA.

Fishing for Energy has added another historic fishing community in Massachusetts to its roster of ports. Rockport, MA on Cape Ann is the latest port community to participate in the program that provides fishermen a cost-free solution to recycle and reuse old, derelict fishing gear. Gear collected

Publication: Leisure & Travel Business