U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) has reintroduced the Bycatch Reduction Act, legislation that would expand federal ...

Marine ecosystems are under mounting pressure from industrial fishing and pollution, and the consequences could extend far ...

Conservationists say cherished creatures such as whales, dolphins and seabirds are being killed in large numbers by fishing tackle ...

U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan has introduced an updated version of his Bycatch Reduction Act, legislation he submitted last year, ...

Our oceans are full of sophisticated, perfect traps: Nets, hooks, fishing lines. Designed to capture animals destined for our dinner tables, they often catch other wildlife too. This accidental ...

New research from the University of St Andrews provides important insights into patterns of marine mammal bycatch in UK fisheries. Published this week in the ICES Journal of Marine Science, ...

A marine animal caught unintentionally by commercial fishing gear is known as bycatch. Dolphins trapped in nets targeting tuna, sea turtles swept up in shrimp trawls and terrapins caught in crab traps ...

Newcastle University researchers have demonstrated that plastic bottles attached to fishing nets can help dolphins detect and ...

Whenever fishing vessels harvest fish, other animals can be accidentally caught or entangled in fishing gear as bycatch. Numerous strategies exist to prevent bycatch, but data have been lacking on the ...