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SCS: Northern Fur Seal (Callorhinus ursinus)
There was an estimated mortality of 5,200 Northern fur seals due to entanglement in the high seas driftnet fisheries in 1991 but these fisheries have now been discontinued. However Northern fur seals are still commonly caught by the Japanese squid driftnet fishery and a small number of seals are entangled in Alaskan gillnet and trawl fisheries. There is also concern ...
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EJF: Illegal driftnetting in the Mediterranean
Italian fleets. The EU subsequently introduced a total ban on the use of driftnets in fisheries targeting ten species, including tuna, swordfish, sharks, marlin and cephalopods, a move that was reiterated in ... development of nylon netting in the 1970s resulted in a dramatic change in the scale of driftnet fisheries. The new synthetic netting was barely visible once in the water, but strong enough ...
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Oak Foundation: Marine Environment Europe
European waters and abroad, become sustainable and reflect the intent of the European Common Fisheries policy by 2015. In Europe we support policy, consumer education, and research activities that: Reduce ... the EU fleet by 40 per cent; help change fishing practices in the longline and driftnet fisheries to reduce the capture and killing of marine mammals, and eliminate the illegal dumping ...
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SoundNet - Ocean Crisis Caused by Destructive Fishing
Gear innovations, such as turtle exclude devices (TEDs) and streamers ... in the end, some gears may have to go. "We need to think about restructuring fisheries around not using trawlers. Trawling has to be curtailed and phased out as a way ...
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The Oceanic Resource Foundation: Underwater Photography / Marine Conservation
Makah culture lies in protection of the whales, not in their senseless slaughter. Italian Driftnet Phase Out European Union fisheries ministers may have found a way to phase out the Italian driftnet ... and striped dolphins. The agreement will be effective starting in May 1998, and may help reduce driftnet impacts throughout the EU. BBC Wildlife, June 1997 Ocean Protection - 20 by 2020 A group of ...
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NOAA Fisheries Feature
High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act. Information must be received by April 21, 2008, and can be submitted by mail to the NOAA Fisheries Office of International Affairs ... findings of that consultation. FAO International Plan of Action on Seabirds Directs States with longline fisheries to develop national plans and prescribe measures to reduce incidental catch of seabirds, if an ...
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NCMC Conservation News - Drift Gillnetters Denied Access To Leatherback Conservation Area to fish for swordfish and thresher sharks
DENIED ACCESS TO LEATHERBACK CONSERVATION AREA 2/08 In June of 2007, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) informed the Pacific Fishery Management Council that it would not issue an Exempted ... be extinct in the next decade. In the letter to the Pacific Council rejecting the driftnet EFP, NMFS Southwest Regional Administrator Rodney McInnis referred to a recent scientific study conducted by ...
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NCMC Conservation News - NMFS Considering Allowing Longlines in the Pacific
CONSIDERING ALLOWING LONGLINES IN THE PACIFIC 6/2/08 Once again this year, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is considering whether to issue an Exempted Fishing Permit (EFP) for longline fishing in ... drift gill net fishery. The applicant claims that bycatch will be less than in the driftnet fishery, but fails to acknowledge that longline bycatch will include a long list of species for ...
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2007 IUCN Red List – Search
Spanish driftnet fishing and incidental catches in the western Mediterranean. Biological Conservation 90: 79-85. Tregenza, N.J.C. and Collet, A. 1998. Common dolphin Delphinus delphis bycatch in pelagic trawl and other fisheries in the North East Atlantic. Report of the International Whaling Commission 48: 453--459. Tregenza, N.J.C., Berrow, S.D., Hammond, P.S. and Leaper, R. 1997. Common dolphin ...
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