T he fishing and fish processing industry has experienced tremendous growth in recent years. In 1990 the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) estimated that the number of people engaged in fishing, aquaculture, and related activities worldwide doubled to 28.5 million from 1970. Among these workers 52% worked aboard fishing trawlers, 32% were involved in aquaculture production (marine and fre...

—Subsidies to the fishing industry are common worldwide, and it is well accepted that these subsidies contribute to overcapacity in fishing fleets and overexploitation of fisheries resources. To date, however, most of the quantitative estimates of these subsidies reported in the literature have been at either the multicountry or global level. Estimates are rarely based on a detailed accounting ...

Fishers, scientists, and resource managers have made substantial progress in reducing bycatch of sea turtles, seabirds, and marine mammals through physical modifications to fishing gear. Many bycatch-avoidance measures have been developed and tested successfully in controlled experiments, which have led to regulated implementation of modified or new fishing gear. Nevertheless, successful bycatc...

A throwing arrow is a 15 inch sharpened plastic rod with a groove cut in the shaft where a knotted shoe lace can be used as a sling to hurl the arrow. A 16 year old boy was speared in the right supraclavicular fossa by a throwing arrow in Old Sherwood Forest. He removed the arrow himself, which resulted in profuse bleeding. On arrival in the casualty department the bleeding had stopped, and the...