If gillnet fishing were allowed by regulation, a permit holder would have to fish one or the other. “The method has now been proven as a successful ethical harvest method of sockeye salmon while ...

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The primary threat facing this shy, small animal is entanglement in fishing gear, particularly gillnets set to catch shrimp, sharks, and other finfish. There has been a recent resurgence in illegal ...

Mr Maley said the government was taking “decisive action”, but did not address seafood industry concerns about the impact of a gillnet fishing ban and the lack of science behind the decision.

Under international pressure, the Mexican government in 2017 officially banned most — but not all — gillnet fishing in the vaquita’s habitat. But Mexico failed to enforce the ban. In October 2019, the ...

The vaquita porpoise inhabits a restricted area in the Upper Gulf of California. While gillnet fishing is prohibited in both the zero tolerance area (the vaquita's primary habitat today) and a broader ...

A group of fishermen says that it lost business after Seafood Watch, a program run by the Monterey Bay Aquarium, advised ...

The Australian and Queensland governments have committed more than $160 million to phase out gillnet fishing from the Great Barrier Reef by mid-2027. While the removal of gillnets in net-free ...