Whale Safe Fisheries

All fleets must continue researching safer fishing methods for dolphins and the marine environment. Foreign nations can now sell dolphin-safe tuna, as well as ...

Reinventing a sustainable crab fishery - Planet Forward

... whale-safe restrictions on California crab fisheries. Although crab fishing season historically opens in November, for the last several ...

Rethinking ropes: Can ropeless fishing gear end whale ...

... whale entanglement.” The Canadian federal government will require fixed-gear fisheries to utilize whale safe technology starting in 2023 and ...

Preventing Whale Entanglements with Ropeless Fishing Gear

Over the past several years, the novel field of ropeless fishing has been expanding thanks to the research and development of new concepts. These new whale-safe ...

Dungeness Crab Update Issued For California - Oakdale Leader

... whale and sea turtle entanglements while maximizing fishing opportunity. ... Whale Safe Fisheries page. For more information related to the risk ...

Closure to Snow Crab fishery to protect North Atlantic Right Whales ...

... whale entanglements. We are committed to a safe fishery and the protection, conservation and recovery of Right whales. - 30 -. FOR MORE ...

A Recreational Dungeness Crab Season to Open with Trap ... - Edhat

For more information related to the risk assessment process, please visit CDFW's Whale Safe Fisheries page or more information on the Dungeness crab fishery, ...

West Coast fisheries took steps to protect whales, turtles in 2019

The Dungeness crab fishery in Northern California is taking steps now to create a whale-safe and turtle-safe fishery.” Shester said fishermen ...

Massachusetts Awarded $4.6 Million to Support North Atlantic Right ...

... Whale and help innovate our fishing industry to develop safer fishing methods,” said Representative Josh S. Cutler (D-Duxbury). “The ...

Pop-up pots and the search for 'whale-safe' gear | National Fisherman

... fishing again after 17 whales were killed that year,” says Baumgartner. He points out that the right whale population has been declining ...

Update: stranded right whale was entangled in Maine fishing gear

Right whale's death highlights the need for action to move towards whale-safe fishing gear.

Commercial And Recreational Dungeness Crab Fishery Update

For more information related to the risk assessment process, visit CDFW's Whale Safe Fisheries page or for more information on the Dungeness ...

a proposal to avoid whale entanglement in fishing gear | ICES ...

Consumer demand for genuinely whale-safe products will augment and encourage the necessary regulatory changes so that trap fisheries conserve ...

CDFW issues fleet advisory for commercial crab fishery due ... - KRCR

For a map of all fishing zones, for more information related to the risk assessment process, please visit CDFW's Whale Safe Fisheries page or ...

Fisheries - Center for Biological Diversity

Worldwide more than 650,000 marine mammals die as fishery “bycatch” annually. Fishing gear can cause months of suffering when it ensnares a migrating whale. And ...

CDFW Opens Commercial Dungeness Crab Fishery in Zones 3-6 ...

For more information related to the risk assessment process, please visit CDFW's Whale Safe Fisheries page. For more information on the ...

Whale Safe Boating - Resources » AHOY British Columbia

What if I'm fishing and there are whales? How does reporting violations help? What is ethical whale watching? It is very important that boaters know that any ...

FOS Launches New Whale-Safe Certification & Releases Whale Ship

... whale. Experts estimate that at least 20,000 whales are struck and killed by cargo, cruise, and fishing ships. Fatal collision rates in high ...

Maine Lobster and Right Whales

Placing the responsibility of a near total reduction in right whale deaths and serious injuries solely on U.S. fisheries that already have safety measures in ...

Black Sea Bass Fishery — Georgia Conservancy

... whale-safe fishing gear is revolutionizing the black sea bass fishery in the South Atlantic. SAVING WHALEs FROM THIS AMERICAN LAND. In this episode of This ...