#sustainablefisheries

[c3update]

Checking the #hives #beekeeping #sustainablefisheries #fiji🇫🇯 #climatechange #pacificislands #livelihooddiversity #macuata (at Labasa, Northern, Fiji) https://www.instagram.com/p/BxhA8CIicPh/?igshid=odsvc6ahj56p

[scholarshipja]

PLEASE SHARE💥Reposted from @wildlifejamaica ・・・ Things to know before you revel in the #SpinyLobster Open Season. 🦞 . #Repost @montegobay_marinepark ・・・ In #Jamaica, the Spiny Lobsters have their annual breeding season in late Spring and Early Summer, as such, the Closed (No Catch) Season for Lobsters is from April 1st to June 30th. . Therefore, between July 1 and March 31, Lobsters are now legal to catch and trade. . However, there a some things to consider: 1. #ClimateChange and Population densities might affect the gatherings and breeding season of lobsters. Some adult females may still be with eggs / "Berried". These females are to be gently returned to the ocean. Otherwise if you are found with "Berried females", you will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law (up to a $3 million JMD fine) (Photo 1 and 2 - Female Spiny Lobsters with Eggs) . 2. Catching undersized #Lobsters is also a crime (total length of carapace is 76.2mm or less), and fines can be up to $3 million JMD. (Photo 3 - Undersized Spiny Lobster) . (Video 1 - Spotted Spiny Lobster / "Chicken Lobster" found hiding under the reef ) . (Video 2 - Caribbean Spiny Lobster telling you to keep your #SocialDistancing 😉 with his antenna) . . Do your part and stay informed and do not catch or buy juvenile lobsters or "Berried Females". If you see any infractions, please report to to the Montego Bay Marine Park (876-952-56-19) or the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, @micafjm Agriculture and Fisheries @nfajamaica (876-927-1731) . . #MBMPT #MontegoBayMarinePark #MontegoBayMarineParkTrust #ProtectConserveRestore #CareProtectPreserve #lobster #sustainablefisheries #CareProtectJamaica #wildjamaica #wildcaribbean #Jamaica #lobsters #MontegoBay (at ScholarshipJamaica.com) https://www.instagram.com/p/CCUQXSkharH/?igshid=u7jfx6mqv5af

[worldoceanobservatory]

Women in Fisheries: Tackling the Problems of Poor Women Fish Retailers in Egypt

http://worldfishcenter.org/pages/tackling-problems-poor-women-fish-retailers-egypt/

We tend to forget the essential role women play in #fisheries, from landing and sorting, to selling and distributing, to sustaining the family while the men go to sea. #womeninfisheries.

To help women fish retailers—who are among the poorest of the poor in Egypt—address these challenges, WorldFish and its partner CARE International in 2013 established six women retailer committees in five governorates. As a result of this intervention, working conditions improved for 900 fish retailers. On average, project-supported retailers made higher profits (average USD 10/day) than non-project retailers (average USD 1/day).

[daralaot1993]

#Repost @seafoodsavers with @repostapp ・・・ Hi Seavers! . 21 Februari dinobatkan sebagai Hari Peduli Sampah Nasional. Mari jadikan momen ini sebagai aksi untuk lebih peduli pada sampah agar tidak mengganggu kehidupan ikan di perairan dan lautan. So, seafood yang Seavers konsumsi akan tetap terjaga kelangsungannya. Selamat Hari Peduli Sampah Nasional Seavers! . . #seafood #seafoodsavers #wwf #wwfindonesia #sustainableseafood #sustainability #seafoodsavers #marinelife #sustainablefishing #sustainablefisheries #aquaculture #capturefisheries #perikanan #tuna #fisheries #snapper #grouper #protecttheocean #savetheocean #savethesea #perikananberkelanjutan #seafoodramahlingkungan #ecofriendly #IUUfishing #quotes #seafoodguide

[agro-carnist]

Seaspiracy is actually exactly like those other vegan documentaries that wanna shock you into being vegan because it was made by the same creator as cowspiracy and what the health, two documentaries that have been slammed by professionals for being riddled with misinformation and being nothing but animal rights propoganda. Many BIPOC have also spoken about the racism in the doc

This link does a good job at addressing these myths:

https://sustainablefisheries-uw.org/science-of-seaspiracy/

hey. yall. go watch seaspiracy. please. its a new documentary on the hellhole that is the fishing industry around the world and i cannot stress enough how we all need to watch it. 

and its not your typical vegan documentary ‘oh yes dont eat animals animals good’ - its about how a LOT of industrial fishing vessels are operated by SLAVES, actual slaves, how bycatch is killing more sharks and dolphins than anything else, how the extinction of a single of this species can cause an ecological collapse that is set to doom us humans, and how, at the rate we’re going, we’re gonna have empy oceans in less than 30 years. empty oceans. you know what an empty ocean means? the human race goes extinct

[speedyplaidnickelflower]

Chapter 13

1. What does it mean to manage a fishery using "maximum sustainable yield" policies?

This means that you take the maximum amount of stock annually that can be sustained over time. This means that you will keep the stock at a level that promotes the maximum amount of growth.

2. Why do common property resources tend to be overused even when they are renewable resources? How can you assign property rights in a fishery? Why might that help sustain the fishery? Because everyone that has rights to the property or area tends to try to get all that they possibly can out of the resource resulting in overuse. A possible way to assign fishing property rights is by fisheries obtaining permits to fish in a certain area, TAC also help by allowing fisheries to only harvest so much stock from a given area. This can help by limiting the amount of fisheries havesting from a certain area at a certain time. Helping to keep the stock at a sustainable level.

3. The University of Washington has a Sustainable Seafood 101 website here: https://sustainablefisheries-uw.org/seafood-101/

They have a list of management tools here: https://sustainablefisheries-uw.org/seafood-101/management-enforcement/ Which ones fall into command-and-control? Which ones are incentive-based? command control- total allowable catch, managing physical objects-registering boats and obtaining a permit to harvest, gear restrictions such as TEDs on nets, spatial and temporal tools- restricting when and where fisherman can fish, marine protected areas, top-down management.

Incentive-based- adaptive management and bottom down management.

Consider a disaster like the collapse of the Grand Banks in 1992

(https://www.amnh.org/explore/videos/biodiversity/will-the-fish-return/the-sorry-story-of-georges-bank) Would it have been possible to use any of these tools effectively? The total allowable catch and catch share could have helped to limit the amount of fish being caught by fishermen. A restriction on when and where to fish could have also helped, allowing fisherman to only fish certain areas on certain days could have helped to regulate the COD population and allowed for them to reproduce at a more sustainable growth rate.

[fishing-exposed]

@OceanTerra: Hard reality of the #ClimateCrisis - dark red forecasts up to 50% ⬇️ in fish catch jeopardising both #foodsecurity and #SustainableFisheries https://t.co/GxCgzm9f8I

[c3update]

#bantaydugong is a team of #fishers who patrol the waters of #busuanga to protect #dugongs #boatsforbusuanga worked with #C3 to replace boats lost due to #cyclonehaiyan #typhoonyolanda and set up the #conservation programme #palawan #philippines🇵🇭 #savethedugong #communityconservation #sustainablefisheries #marinemammals #marineprotectedarea #citizenscience #seagrass (at Busuanga, Palawan) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bv5-M75lEJ2/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1qyny3zbekdcd

[bottomtrawlingcampaign]

SDL- Awareness Campaign Topic- basic planning:

Define a specific issue- this might be directly or indirectly related to you, it may be a local issue or a national one or even an international issue, but it needs to be an issue of personal interest and involve a focus on your generation's ‘voice’ concerning the future.

Bottom Trawling in New Zealand  

Bottom trawling (dragging) is an issue internationally and in New Zealand that needs to be addressed and have awareness around it. It concerns the future generations to come if we wish for them to have a healthy, populated sea floor that hasn’t been destroyed and ruined our oceans ecosystems. The industrial fishing method of dragging a net along the sea floor with weights to catch fish and scoop everything up in its path which destroys more ocean habitat than any other form of fishing. Anything not of use they throw back overboard which is a large waste and unnecessary destruction. Potential to harm sharks, turtles, coral reefs. "The Marine Conservation Institute has observed that bottom trawling is wasteful because trawlers usually throw overboard up to 90 per cent of a catch. Thus, there are clear economic benefits in banning the practice.”

Nearly all bottom-trawling occurs on continental shelves or slopes—the areas off the coast of landmasses covered in shallow water that eventually slope down into the deep sea. A key concern with bottom trawling is damage to plants and animals that live on the seafloor https://sustainablefisheries-uw.org/the-footprint-of-bottom-trawl-fishing/  

Consider how relevant current stories news items and general opinion are to your issue, and whether new stories and/or information might need to be gathered.

Current new stories and general opinions are very relevant to the issue as they provide facts and spread awareness and their concerns. Websites and organisation’s like Greenpeace and ‘fisheries.govt’. There’s a lot information gathered on this subject

Bottom trawling - dragging nets across the sea floor to scoop up fish - stirs up the sediment lying on the seabed, displaces or harms some marine species, causes pollutants to mix into plankton and move into the food chain and creates harmful algae blooms or oxygen-deficient dead zones. Sep 6, 2012  

https://oceana.org/sites/default/files/reports/Trawling_BZ_10may10_toAudrey.pdf

https://www.greenpeace.org/new-zealand/story/what-is-bottom-trawling-and-why-is-it-bad-for-the-environment/

https://www.fisheries.govt.nz/dmsdocument/3575/direct

Similarly, assess how useful current data/information might be. Is further research needed.

Current data has solid facts behind it and research. They have the evidence to show that this method is harmful and not effective. They hope to ban it altogether but change needs to be made. The fisheries New Zealand carefully monitor bottom trawling as there are rules that must be followed. By placing many protective water reserves to have safe sanctuary’s that’s 32% of NZ waters. There is plenty of information, but more can always be collected as it is still occurring.

Write a sentence or two about the main people in your stories- who they are in society, their paradigms about life, their connection to/influence on them, by the issue chose.

The main people in this issue are those fishermen- companies using bottom trawling, the marine scientists that have researched the damaging effects of this method and the government. New Zealand is one of 7 countries that still bottom trawl in high seas. New Zealand owned fishing companies, such as Sanford and Talley’s, trawl internationally and in New Zealand waters. A whole host of companies trawl within our EEZ.

Speculate (at this initial stage) on who might be the audience of any message/call to action out of your issue. State why this focus would be relevant/useful.

The audience of this issue is anyone who cares about marine life. Those that don’t want the oceans habitats to be destroyed for good so there’s nothing left. At this rate if bottom trawling continues there will be nothing for our future generations and this is relevant because it affects everyone. Just because it's in the deep ocean and you can't see it doesn't mean it's not happening. Also targeting the fishing companies and fisherman themselves to use sustainable methods, to be aware that what they are doing is damaging and declining the health of marine biodiversity.

[greenpensouth]

The effect of noxious substances can cross village boundaries. “If it is only us in our side who will protect our portion of the intertidal zone, if they use tubli (poison root) in other areas near our zone, it will still wipe out everything, including the semilya (eggs of marine animals).” • Having won a seat in Araceli's local legislative council in the May 2019 elections, Dagman Village Chief Romeo Gandula looks forward to being a voice for coastal resource protection in the town council for the next three years. “It will be for the good of everyone in Araceli,” he says. (Text and Image ©️2019 S.A. Pontillas / ©️reserved World Wide Fund for Nature / ©️WWF-Philippines)(In photo: Barangay Dagman village chief Romeo Gandula talks to WWF-Philippines Assistant Project Manager Jona Miguel at Araceli Municipal Fish Landing with Cambari and Maraquit Islands in the background.)• • • #Araceli #Palawan #Fisheries #coastalconservation #resourceconservation #environmentalprotection #worldwidefundfornature #WWFPhilippines #sustainablefisheries #igersManila #igManila #igersPhilippines #igPhilippines #igersPalawan #igPalawan #marineprotectedarea #marinesanctuary #environmentalchampions #champions @nikonasia @wwf @wwfphilippines #IShootNikon #ConservationPhotography @lalalalalalei @jofelletesorio @kgalarpe @andersoncooper @andersoncooper360 @maria_ressa (at Araceli Feeder Port) https://www.instagram.com/p/BzcRzXCl9st/?igshid=1iytxybaxiaqz

[mkulimaforum]

Lively exchange on the 🌊ocean at @arcticfrontiers this morning, covering the 3️⃣pillars of #Sustainability: environment, economy, society. #sustainablefisheries management, sea level rise, #foodsecurity, sea floor activities, #oceanacidification.@ArcticCouncil @IcelandArctic pic.twitter.com/VNDCS13di3

— Einar Gunnarsson (@saochair) January 28, 2020

[codym17768-blog]

Commercial Fishing Methods

fCommercial fishing is done in a variety of ways. Managing what types of fishing methods are appropriate for different marine fisheries is a very important part of creating sustainable and healthy fisheries. In this post, I will go over the various types of commercial fishing practices. According to an article on Sustainable Fisheries, over 80 percent of fish are caught by nets but there are several types of net fishing methods. 

Purse seine fishing is the most common way of commercial fishing. A large boat with a crew will locate a large school of fish, then, use a large net to surround the school of fish. Once the school of fish is in the large net, the top of the net closes like a draw string bag and is pulled onto the boat. Since the purse seine method only targets a specific species of fish, by-catch is often very low. 

Trawling is another kind of commercial fishing and involves dragging a large net behind a fishing boat. Bottom trawling is when the net is weighted down and is dragged a long the bottom of the ocean floor. This type of trawling does not cause a lot of by-catch but can be very damaging to the sea floor. If a weighted net drags over coral or other fragile habitats it can cause serious damage. Therefore, good fishery management will put regulations into place that don’t allow bottom trawling in areas with fragile habitats. There’s also mid water trawling which just drags a net through the water but doesn’t drag on the bottom. 

Gillnet fishing is the practice of putting a large net that acts as a wall that fish get stuck in when they swim into it. This type of fishing doesn’t require a large boat so it’s more common in less developed parts of the world. By-catch is a serious problem with this type of fishing because there’s no controlling what types of fish swim into the gillnet and they are often placed in areas of water with high fish activity.  

Longline fishing is a method that includes a large line that is attached to the back of a boat with several hooks spaced out along the line. By-catch can be an issue if fishing in a very diverse fish population but often times isn’t an issue if only a certain species inhabits the waters being fished. A more common problem is preventing sea birds, sharks turtles and other non target species from getting caught to baited hooks. 

These are some of the most common fishing practices and all these different methods have pros and cons. When used in the right fishery all these practices can be effective and non-harmful. Good fishery management services will allow or ban certain types of fishing methods depending on the fishery.

Source:

Commercial Fishing Methods. Sustainable Fisheries. https://sustainablefisheries-uw.org/seafood-101/commercial-fishing-methods/ (Accessed October 20th, 2019). 

Date: 10/20/2019

[worldoceanobservatory]

World Ocean Radio: The Sorrowful Ocean

About this episode:  Written during a blizzard raging off the #Maine coast, host Peter Neill reflects on the vulnerability of the #ocean and the implications of the aggressive destruction of natural resources. And he asks, “Are we really prepared to destroy the global ocean and all its potential for sustaining us into the future?”

#oceanfuture #vulnerableocean #sustainability #climatechange #naturalresources #worldoceanradio #oceanprotection #acidification #extremeweather #sealevelrise #oceanrenewal #plastic #oceanplastic #plasticpollution #invasivespecies #overfishing #IUU #illegalfishing #sustainablefisheries #oceannoise #worldocean

http://worldoceanobservatory.org/radio-item/sorrowful-ocean

[eat2fingers]

Third annual #OurOceanConference in #WashingtonDC, to tackle some of the biggest threats facing our oceans, from #PlasticWaste to #ClimateChange. Hosted by #USSecretaryofState #JohnKerry. Hundreds of world leaders, foreign and #Environment ministers, #Scientists, #Philanthropists, heads of civil society and heads of companies across 90 countries are expected to attend. The first and second #OurOceanConference generated $4 billion in pledges for #OceanConservation projects and a commitment to safeguard nearly 6 million square kilometers of the #ocean—an area almost twice the size of India This year's conference is focusing #SustainableFisheries, #Marine protected areas, marine pollution and climate-related impacts on the ocean.  At a teleconference on Wednesday, Catherine Novelli, a U.S. diplomat and the current Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy and the Environment, gave several reasons why the ocean needs special protection 90 percent of world's fish stocks are being fished at or over capacity, that the ocean's absorption of carbon dioxide has led to increasingly acidic waters that cause the destruction of coral reefs and shellfish, how Earth's warming weather has caused a rise in sea levels and how the staggering rate of plastics running into the oceans might one day outnumber fish. (at Broken Washington D. C.)

[splendidtoadfish]

Went to the fish auction a few weeks ago and learned a ton about longline tuna fishing. Certainly seems to be a decently managed fishery with plenty of room for improvement. #ahituna #opah #sustainablefisheries #freshseafood #marinebiology (at Honolulu Fish Auction)

[kehauwatson]

Hello fishy fishy #sustainablefisheries #eatlocal @haleohuna (at Hale Ohuna)