| Conservation Institute https://www.conservationinstitute.org/category/ocean-matters/fisheries/ Wed, 27 Mar 2024 14:31:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://www.conservationinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/cropped-icon-32x32.png | Conservation Institute https://www.conservationinstitute.org/category/ocean-matters/fisheries/ 32 32 How Fisheries Can Maintain Degraded States https://www.conservationinstitute.org/how-fisheries-can-maintain-degraded-states/ Wed, 27 Mar 2024 04:03:00 +0000 https://www.conservationinstitute.org/?p=937 Fisheries can maintain the degraded state of the ecosystem. Whether it is freshwater or marine ecosystem. Human activities have forever been an issue for the degradation of the water system. Because of endless exercises like environmental alteration, overfishing, and water contamination the water biological systems have endured a great deal. Because of these exercises, the […]

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]]> Shifting Baselines https://www.conservationinstitute.org/shifting-baselines/ Tue, 07 Jan 2020 16:05:26 +0000 https://www.conservationinstitute.org/?p=940 Bald eagles removed from the endangered species list, record salmon run in the Columbia River, crab population rebound in the Gulf of Alaska; these are a few of the headlines that give people the impression that some species have recovered or the oceans and land are once again recovered. But in all these cases and many […]

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]]> Destructive Fishing Practices https://www.conservationinstitute.org/destructive-fishing-practices/ https://www.conservationinstitute.org/destructive-fishing-practices/#respond Sat, 17 Aug 2013 15:51:02 +0000 https://www.conservationinstitute.org/?p=909 [et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text] Bottom trawls are large nets which are used to catch groundfish and other commercially targeted fish and crustacean species. Bottom trawls are one of the most destructive fishing gear types because they directly threaten species richness and biodiversity, and they catch a variety of non-target, undesirable or unmarketable species. The non-target species, […]

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