Leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) is highly impacted by fisheries’ bycatch worldwide. This study updates and estimates the leatherback stranding records from 2001 to 2014 in Gulf of Venezuela. Eighty-six stranded turtles were documented coast Immature most affected (85.1%) highest number strandings recorded during dry season (55.8%). Our findings represent minimum estimate events for Ve...

This contribution offers a critical reflection on fisheries crime as described in the Spanish Penal Code. It sets out reasons why its treatment is considered ineffective, and administrative offences sanctions provided for Law 3/2001 Maritime Fisheries are more effective dissuasive. However, it also considers that legislative policy relying severity of effectiveness may be counterproductive. The...

—We conducted a socioeconomic survey and review of existing biological data in an integrated evaluation of current and hypothetical fishery regulations on crappies Pomoxis spp. in Sardis Lake, Mississippi. The objectives of this study were to (1) assess angler acceptance of current and hypothetical harvest restrictions, (2) determine the recreational value of the crappie fishery to its particip...

To predict recreational-fishing impacts on freshwater fish species, it is important to understand the interplay between fish populations, anglers and management actions. We use an integrated bioeconomic model to study the importance of fish life-history type (LHT) for determining (i) vulnerability to over-exploitation by diverse angler types (generic, consumptive and trophy anglers), who respon...

Exploitation of fish and shellfish stocks by the European Union fishing fleet is managed under the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP), which aims to ensure that fishing and aquaculture are environmentally, economically and socially sustainable and that they provide a source of healthy food for E.U. citizens. A notable feature of the CFP is its legally enshrined requirement for sound scientific advic...

—We reviewed estimates of annual exploitation (u) and total mortality (Z) for populations of largemouth bass Micropterus salmoides and used a simulation model to explore how temporal changes in u have influenced those populations. The review produced 32 estimates of u and 30 of Z spanning 51 years. Fishing mortality was roughly parabolic through time, with a mean of 0.35 for 1976–1989 and a mea...

Fisheries bycatch is the greatest current source of human-caused deaths marine mammals worldwide, with severe impacts on health and viability many populations. Recent regulations enacted in United States under Fish Product Import Provisions its Marine Mammal Protection Act require nations fisheries exporting fish products to (hereafter, “export fisheries”) have or establish mammal protection st...