US Fisheries at Grave Risk if Government Stifles Science Data
February 10, 2017
US Fisheries at Grave Risk if Government Stifles Science Data By John Sackton, Editor and Publisher of Seafoodnews.com Those who know me have no
US Fisheries at Grave Risk if Government Stifles Science Data By John Sackton, Editor and Publisher of Seafoodnews.com Those who know me have no
Everyone seems to know that some fish stocks around the world are in trouble, with too much fishing pressure and abundance declining. But there are
Ben Raines of AL.com – Alabama Local News – discussed Catch shares in the Gulf of Mexico red snapper fishery last week in an article
Catch Shares, Stakeholder Values, and Management Objectives: a Comment by Michael Melnychuk The recent article by Ben Raines highlights several important issues for fisheries
What was the problem? Many US fisheries saw very short fishing seasons, often only a few days long. This was economically wasteful as large quantities
A recent article in the Guardian discusses the future of seafood through the lens of the UN Fish and Agriculture Organization (FAO)’s latest report on
Recently on CFOOD we started a new series where we talk to fishery biologists and let them steer the conversation. We post one per week
In a blog post for the New York Times last week, Sylvia Rowly traced the recent history of the U.S. West Coast groundfish fishery. The
Trawling in Australian waters has been an environmental issue for the last few years. In December 2014, Australia banned “Supertrawlers” a designation of fishing boat
In 2007 the Gulf snapper fishery moved to an individual fishing quota management system (IFQ). Under this system, each fisher was allocated a certain amount
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