Marine megafauna has always elicited contrasting feelings. In the past, large marine
animals were often depicted as fantastic mythological creatures and dangerous monsters …

Incidental capture, or bycatch, in fisheries represents a substantial threat to the sustainability
of elasmobranch populations worldwide. Consequently, researchers are increasingly …

The US Atlantic coastal pelagic longline fishery that targets tunas and swordfish also
interacts with a wide range of non-target species including billfishes and sea turtles …

One of the biggest challenges of fisheries research is reducing the bycatch of unwanted
species. The incidental fishing mortality of species with low reproductive rates, such as …

The non-target bycatch of sharks in pelagic longline (PLL) fisheries represents a potential
source of compromise to shark populations worldwide. Moreover, shark bycatch and …

It is challenging to manage reef fish species in the Southeast US Continental Shelf Large
Marine Ecosystem (SUSLME) due to life history strategies that make them vulnerable to …

The effects of circle hooks on blue shark Prionace glauca catch in a pelagic longline fishery
were assessed in fishing experiments on two research vessels in the western North Pacific …

Alós, J., Palmer, M., Grau, AM, and Deudero, S. 2008. Effects of hook size and barbless
hooks on hooking injury, catch per unit effort, and fish size in a mixed-species recreational …

28 Fisheries| www. fisheries. org| vol 30 no 10 for estimating population trends and warnings
against it have been issued repeatedly in the literature (eg, Hilborn and Walters 1992; …

Discard survival of deepwater (> 60 m) groupers (Serranidae; Epinephelinae) is often
assumed to be 0% given the severity of barotrauma and the inability of fish to submerge. We …