On a recent dive near the Gipuzkoa port of Getaria, on Spain's northern coast, two photographers from the Real Sociedad Underwater team encountered dozens of discarded catsharks on the seabed.

#bycatch

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🟢The Working Group on Vulnerable Species is discussing:
📌Conservation & mitigation strategies to reduce #vulnerablespecies #bycatch and dolphin #depredation
📌Key implementation elements for #RPOA_VUL actions
📌Applicability of new technologies for monitoring & #datacollection

680% more dolphins as bycatch reported when video monitoring forced people to record accurately - that's a whole lot of fibbing before, then...

Important call for all members of the European Cetacean Society at the #ECSconference2024 to sign this petition to stop, or at least start properly mitigating, cetacean #bycatch in European waters. Presented by Sarah Dolman 💙 from Environmental Investigation Agency

Today I learnt that since New Zealand had cameras installed on their fishing vessels, dolphin bycatch has tripled.

Gillnets everywhere need to be banned. They are deadly.

Vaquita die in all gillnets not just poachers nets.

#ExtinctionAlert

Happy to be presenting my work on using ocean current data to better understand stranding patterns and #bycatch of nearshore cetaceans in #goa at #ECS2024 . Come find me at the poster hall today to know more.

Dolphin bycatch reporting up 680% since introduction of video monitoring* on 123 NZ fishing vessels.

- Albatross interactions up 350%
- Number of fish species up 34%
- Fish discards up 46%

*Only 30% of video reviewed!
Summary: mpi.govt.nz/dmsdocument/61…

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This is the heart-wrenching reality of the #fishing industry ⚠️ Every year, around 50 million #sharks fall victim to bycatch while fishermen pursue other species.

Help us continue our mission against IUU fishing! Check out ways to get involved now: seashe.ph/GetInvolved

Sibarani et al. modelled sun bear #occupancy using camera-trap bycatch data from Bukit Barisan Selatan NP, Sumatra, finding that occupancy remained stable over 5 years🐻 Bycatch records can provide valuable information on threatened yet overlooked species: doi.org/mq8b

Kicking off #ECSconference2024 with workshop on how pathology can better inform the welfare impact assessment of #bycatch and #entanglement

European Cetacean Society Rebecca M Boys

SuperNOVA taught us about the importance of harvesting food from the ocean for health, livelihood, and culture. The students then designed a fishing tool that would limit bycatch and reduce habitat damage. Brookhouse Elementary School Halifax Regional Centre for Education

At the recent North Pacific Fishery Management Council meeting, 100+ voices weighed in on chum salmon bycatch. Our fishery shares many of these concerns and will continue doing our part to reduce incidental catch of Western Alaska chum salmon through science-based solutions.

“The way our fisheries are managed today has allowed us to focus on minimizing waste while investing in bycatch avoidance technology. I’m proud to say the pollock fishery is very clean; we model how to operate responsibly.” #OpEd #ResponsibleFishery

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Don't forget - help Defra UK build a picture of #bycatch monitoring & mitigation work in the #UK by submitting info on any project you are or have been involved in here 👉 cleancatchuk.com/defra-call-out…
Deadline Fri 26 April!

Our final speed talk came from Grace Brady, with mitigating elasmobranch bycatch in Antarctic commercial longline fisheries 🦈 #SNSC2024

Vaquita911 Māui and Hector's Dolphin Defenders Kia ora Megan! #MauiDolphin are in a similar status to #vachita -
< 50 individuals.... although there have been 'some' measures to reduce #bycatch ... within their range ... Hector's are next!
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Threats to sharks and rays.

COMMERCIAL FISHERIES:

Commercial fisheries are another threat to sharks and rays, which are directly linked to bycatch.

Kicking off the European Cetacean Society #ECSconference2024 this weekend with a workshop on #bycatch and further development of an international database for stranding networks hosted by ASCOBANS

The Alaska Seafood industry is failing. You can through $10M in state money at marketing, but that won’t fix bycatch trawling, climate change, pollution, or mismanagement by the State of Alaska.

Meanwhile $3M for Domestic Violence? NO 👎🏾 #VoteBlue