A decade ago, when the government ordered shrimpers to attach a device to their nets to spare endangered sea turtles, it touched off something akin to a war. Shrimpers blocked fishing channels and ...

The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission recently adopted temporary rules requiring the use of bycatch reduction devices in the pink shrimp trawl fishery. The new rules took effect Aug. 1 and continue ...

A new law requiring French Guianese shrimp fishers to use special devices that reduce unwanted fish catch will help better protect marine turtles and other vulnerable marine species in the region. A ...

NEWPORT – Researchers working with the groundfish fishing industry in the Pacific Northwest have tested a new “flexible sorting grid excluder.” It's bycatch reduction device that shows promise to ...

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. Shrimp is one of the most popular types of seafood consumed in the United States. Shrimp trawling uses nets towed slowly near the ...

Robin Snape works at Bluedot Associates UK and has received funding from MAVA Foundation, Lloyd's Register, People's Trust for Endangered Species, Shark Trust, British Chelonia Group and others. Since ...