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Sea Turtles Get Caught In The Bycatch

April 28, 2013

(OCEANS) In a new study, Bryan Wallace and a team of researchers illustrate the relationship between sea turtle bycatch, (unwanted animals which are caught by fishing boats then discarded) and small-scale fisheries. Although there is little research backing bycatch and mortality rates in terms of endangered species like marine turtles, Wallace, in his research, learned that on average, the hardest places to be a sea turtle were in the East Pacific, Northwest, Southwest Atlantic, and Mediterranean. With such a vast number of sea turtles being killed in the bycatch of small-scale fisheries, it is critical for these small-scale fisheries to become a sustainable business. Read on to learn more about the informative study. — Global Animal

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Truth Behind Bluefin Fish Farming

July 19, 2012

(BLUEFIN TUNA) Marine conservation organization The Black Fish successfully released hundreds of bluefin tuna back into the Adriatic Sea from cages at an Umami fish farm near the island of Ugljan, Croatia. The operation marks the start of a new international campaign to highlight the lucrative trade of bluefin tuna, a species heavily impacted by illegal overfishing and labeled as a species of concern by the NOAA and listed on the IUCN’s Red List of threatened species. — Global Animal

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Big Trouble, Little Fish

January 28, 2012

(FISHERIES) CHILE — Fishermen who long ago couldn’t imagine the ocean ever running out of fish are now faced with the daunting realization that it’s happening. Every catch pulled from the depths reveal a pittance compared to decades ago, and the jack mackerel population has dropped an estimated 63% from 2006 to 2011. Now fleets of trawling boats head for the only area untouched by nets: Antarctica. With governments attempting to regulate the amount of fish caught, many boats ignore these slowly ratified policies and continue to pull catches from illegal and unregulated waters, unaffected by the damage they are causing. Since mackerel are an irreplaceable step in the food chain of the oceans, if they disappear, it causes an ecological collapse. Read the full article below for the details and what governments are hurrying to do to protect what is left of the jack mackerel. — Global Animal

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