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EJF: Why an International Plan of Action (IPOA) on bycatch reduction?
Issues Partners Reports Film Photos Success Stories Why an International Plan of Action (IPOA) on bycatch reduction? Many research institutions, NGOs, inter-governmental organisations and Governments around the world are doing ... Prize nominee, Osha has helped to raise interest in marine issues, and has brought the oceans to life for his readers. Osha supports EJF's campaign for an IPOA on Bycatch ...
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WWF - Bycatch reduction
Vision, goals, objectives and strategy Projects Bycatch Reduction Chiriqui, Panama Junquillal, Costa Rica Leatherback Tracking Hawksbill Turtles Climate change and marine turtles Newsroom Publications Bycatch reduction News & Publications 14 Aug 2008 Trans-Atlantic Leatherback Conservation Initiative » Read more 0 replies 08 Aug 2008 Turtle Conservation Project in Junquillal - WWF Technical ...
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Fisheries Resource Kit
Sustainable Fishing Act (SFA) approved by Congress and signed by Clinton in 1996. The SFA amends previously insufficient fishery management legislation with specific reference to habitat protection, bycatch reduction, and the implementation of ecosystem-based management. The three stated purposes of the paper are: (1) To establish a baseline for the current status of fishery management, ...
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Greenpeace Foundation: Dolphin Alert
This is a lie, except ... potential. In this case, that species is the dolphins, and yet GreenpeaceUSA has endorsed shifting bycatch biomass grossly toward more dolphins. set sustainable catch quotas for tuna and require the closure ...
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National Coalition for Marine Conservation -- dedicated exclusively to conserving ocean fish, preventing overfishing, reducing fish bycatch and protecting marine habitat
Watch" articles in Sport Fishing magazine now available as PDF files. View a complete directory of items available in our new online store Longline area closures in SE Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico successful in reducing bycatch - see bycatch reduction figures and map NCMC's position statement on Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) Join our free E-MAIL ACTION NETWORK. ...
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NOAA Fisheries Feature
Bycatch? National Bycatch Strategy Recent Regulatory Actions Fisheries Recent Regulatory Actions Protected Resources International Activities Research and Monitoring Reports and Articles Regional Bycatch Summaries Related Laws Meetings Bycatch Reduction Presentations Bycatch Reduction Videos What's New? (Last Updated: 7/21/08 ) Notice of Availability of Grant Funds for Fiscal Year 2009 (7/17/08 ...
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EJF: Impacts of bycatch
This incidental capture can be reduced through the use of "bycatch reduction devices" (BRDs), which retain shrimp, but allow more fish to escape from nets unharmed. ... these trawl fisheries are particularly indiscriminate in their capture of non-target marine life or "bycatch". Shrimp trawl fisheries alone are responsible for around one third of the world's discarded ...
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Office of Migratory Bird Management, FAO Consultation on Reduction of Incidental Catch of Seabirds in Longline Fisheries.
The U.S. also adopted, by regulation, seabird bycatch reduction measures for its groundfish longline fisheries in the Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands and Gulf of Alaska in 1997, and is considering adopting regulations for its halibut fishery. ...
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Office of International Affairs - International Bycatch
NMFS Office of Sustainable Fisheries International Fisheries Division (now the Office of International Affairs) convened the International Bycatch Reduction Task Force to develop a Plan of Action to implement the U.S. sea turtle bycatch strategy. The Task Force is comprised of NOAA and Department of State personnel. Although the initial focus of this ...
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Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies | Whale Rescue | Take Reduction Team
Study | Take Reduction Team | Gillnet Diagram | Previous Disentanglements PLEASE REPORT WHALE ENTANGLEMENTS TO 1-800-900-3622 Take Reduction Team Large whale entanglements represent only a portion of a global conservation dilemma: fisheries bycatch. Each year millions of invertebrates, fish, birds, turtles and mammals are caught in fishing gear intended for commercially valuable species of ...
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