In the past, poorly operated drift nets were the prime culprits, but a 1992 ban on their use in many areas has reduced their contribution to ghost fishing. Today, bottom set gill nets are more ...

These fish are usually captured in drift nets along with mackerel, and there appears to be some vague idea among fishermen that they either guard or guide the mackerel shoals. In the cases on ...

AN ILLEGAL 70-METRE fishing net which was discovered at the Leixlip Reservoir in Co Kildare was taken down on Sunday by Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI), with over 100 fish recovered from the drift net.

The method came into use following the Russian ban on drift-net fishing in 2016 within 200 nautical miles from Russia. The Japanese government has dispatched only one midsize fishing vessel ...

But there is concern for their future. They are the most heavily fished shark species, with an unsustainable annual catch estimated at 20 million, mostly through longline and drift net fishing ...

The change has already affected fishing and other activities. On April 3, nine drift-net fishing boats set out simultaneously for offshore salmon and trout fishing from the port at Habomai in ...