When it winds up in the wrong net, it’s called bycatch. To frustrated anglers hoping to hook something more prized, it’s trash fish. For fisheries experts, it might go under the gentler, more ...

As demand for seafood rises, chefs have their seafood supplier on speed dial. And while species like tuna, cod, and halibut are popular, these days, the daily catch on the blackboard might be ...

Short-tailed shearwaters are seen flying over the Chukchi Sea in 2016. Shearwaters accounted for more than half of the birds killed in bycatch in the 2021 Alaska halibut and groundfish harvests, ...

This commentary is written for all those who appreciate halibut. If you eat halibut, catch halibut, or have an interest in a healthy halibut resource you need to be aware of what happened at the North ...

In the search for a solution to the problem of bycatch, the unintended at-sea harvest of non-target species, the stakes in Alaska are high. Now a special task force is nearing the end of a year-long ...

Commercial fishing creates a mind-boggling amount of waste, at least 7.3 million tons (PDF) annually of discarded fish ("bycatch") which are either unwanted, illegal to keep, or mangled in the gear.

Don't miss out on the headlines from Bundaberg. Followed categories will be added to My News. Mr Corbett said the fish ranged in size, from tiny whiting to much bigger fish, and were scattered for ...

Spawning salmon swim on Sept. 7, 2005, in the Grand Central River on western Alaska's Seward Peninsula. Salmon-dependent villagers in western Alaska believe trawlers harvesting pollock and other ...