Trade-offs in the design of fishery closures: management of silky shark bycatch in the eastern Pacific Ocean tuna fishery.

Bycatch in the Maldivian pole-and-line tuna fishery

Tropical tuna fisheries are among the largest worldwide, with some having significant bycatch issues. However, pole-and-line tuna fisheries are widely believed to have low bycatch rates, although these have rarely been quantified. The Maldives has an important pole-and-line fishery, targeting skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis). In the Maldives, 106 pole-and-line tuna fishing days were observed ...

The Potential Use of Time-area Closures to Reduce Catches of Bigeye Tuna (thunnus Obesus) in the Purse-seine Fishery of the Eastern Pacific Ocean

Trade-offs among catch, bycatch, and landed value in the American Samoa longline fishery.

The interspecific preferences of fishes for different depths and habitats suggest fishers could avoid unwanted catches of some species while still effectively targeting other species. In pelagic longline fisheries, albacore (Thunnus alalunga) are often caught in relatively cooler, deeper water (>100 m) than many species of conservation concern (e.g., sea turtles, billfishes, and some sharks) th...

Inter-american Tropical Tuna Commission Third Meeting of the Scientific Working Group Review of Stock Assessments Chairman’s Report (revised)

A1 Draft: The fishery for tunas and tuna-like fishes in the eastern Pacific Ocean in 2001, and outlook for 2002 A2 Draft: Status of yellowfin tuna in the eastern Pacific Ocean in 2001 and outlook for 2002 A3 Draft: Status of skipjack tuna in the eastern Pacific Ocean in 2001 and outlook for 2002 A4 Draft: Status of bigeye tuna in the eastern Pacific Ocean in 2001 and outlook for 2002 A5 Draft: ...

Long-term changes in CPUE of sharks and size of blue sharks caught by tuna longlines in the western North Pacific Ocean

Motivated by Ward & Myers (2005) that claimed higher impact of longline fishery on large pelagic community including blue shark, long-term comparison of shark CPUE were made using recent and historical data collected by Japanese research and training vessels in the western North Pacific. Standardized species combined shark CPUE (predominated by blue shark catch and assuming that the shark combi...