Device Measures and Identifies Bycatch

KMXT 100.1FM Kodiak, Alaska, March 21, 2018 By Kayla Desroches A researcher is developing a device that could help make monitoring halibut bycatch more efficient. Craig Rose from FishNext Research is in town for Kodiak’s fisheries trade show, ComFish, and will talk...

Advances in Trawling

Fishermen’s News, August 1, 2017 By David J. Pratt Humans by our very nature fear what is new. For better and sometimes worse, a fear of “new” can slow critical progress, especially where sticking with “tried and tested” becomes a safely known position....

Bottom-trawling Techniques Leave Different Traces on the Seabed

Saving Seafood, July 2017 Fishing fleets around the world rely on nets towed along the bottom to capture fish. Roughly one-fifth of the fish eaten globally are caught by this method, known as bottom trawling, which has been criticized for its effects on the marine...