Bycatch News & Publications

Leatherback turtle caught up in a French Tuna purse-seine fishery in the Atlantic ocean.

12 Feb 2008
New guide to reducing bycatch goes online
As a service to the long-term sustainability of both fish stocks and fishing communities, WWF has established an online resource providing up-to-date information on bycatch (the capture of non-target creatures in fishing gear) and how to reduce it.

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Silky shark caught by the fin on an illegal longline hook.

19 Dec 2007
Masters of the Sea No More - The Threats Facing Sharks
Read more about the true cost of shark finning and unsustainable fisheries..
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15 Nov 2007
WWF competition nets sustainable fishing solutions
A team of inventors from the United States has won the third WWF International Smart Gear Competition for an invention that could save fish and other marine life from dying or being discarded each year. » Read more

18 Oct 2007
Behind the facade: A decade of inaction on non-target species in southern bluefin tuna fisheries
This report reviews the experience of the Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna in the consideration and management of non-target species. » Read more

It is estimated that annual seabird deaths from all southern bluefin tuna fishing could be as high as 13,500, including some 10,000 albatrosses.

11 Oct 2007
Tuna fishing fleets in the Pacific pose danger to wildlife at sea
Thousands of seabirds and significant numbers of sharks and marine turtles are being caught and killed each year in long-line nets targeting southern bluefin tuna. WWF is calling on a regional fisheries organization to stem the catch of endangered wildlife and reduce chronic overfishing. » Read more

Cod catch on the deck of a deep sea fishing trawler.

01 Oct 2007
Protecting cod and coral off eastern Canada
Decisions made at a meeting of the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization will help cod recover and protect vulnerable cold-water corals off the Canadian provinces of Newfoundland and Labrador.
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Fishermen with their albacore tuna catch.

06 Sep 2007
World’s first sustainable tuna fishery certified in US
The world’s first certified sustainable tuna fishery was announced today, a move that could help save one of the world’s most valuable fish — and the fishing industry that relies on it — from extinction. » Read more

Turning the Tide: Exploitation, Trade and Management of Marine Turtles in the Lesser Antilles, Central America, Colombia and Venezuela

01 Jul 2007
Turning the Tide: Exploitation, Trade and Management of Marine Turtles in the Lesser Antilles, Central America, Colombia and Venezuela
Over-exploitation of marine turtles in legal fisheries and through illegal harvest and trade poses a major threat to their survival across the Wider Caribbean Region, according to a new report by TRAFFIC, the wildlife trade monitoring network. » Read more

16 Apr 2007
Towards an ecosystem approach to longline fisheries in the Benguela: An assessment of impacts on seabirds, sea turtles and sharks
Over the past decade there has been global concern regarding the bycatch of seabirds, sea turtles and sharks in fishing operations. The incidental mortality of these species due to longline fisheries has been widely held responsible for the declining populations and threatened conservation status of several species. » Read more

30 Nov 2006
Independent observer programmes key to sustainable fisheries - WWF report
A new WWF report demonstrates the value and cost-effectiveness of well-designed at-sea observer programmes in managing sustainable fisheries. » Read more

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