Wild fisheries

A fishery is an area with an associated fish or aquatic population which is harvested for its commercial value. Fisheries can be marine (saltwater) or freshwater. They can also be wild or farmed.

Wild fisheries are sometimes called capture fisheries. The aquatic life they support is not controlled in any meaningful way and needs to be "captured" or fished. Wild fisheries exist primarily in the oceans, and particularly around coasts and continental shelves. They also exist in lakes and rivers. Issues with wild fisheries are overfishing and pollution. Significant wild fisheries have collapsed or are in danger of collapsing, due to overfishing and pollution. Overall, production from the world's wild fisheries has levelled out, and may be starting to decline.

As a contrast to wild fisheries, farmed fisheries can operate in sheltered coastal waters, in rivers, lakes and ponds, or in enclosed bodies of water such as tanks. Farmed fisheries are technological in nature, and revolve around developments in aquaculture. Farmed fisheries are expanding, and Chinese aquaculture in particular is making many advances. Nevertheless, the majority of fish consumed by humans continues to be sourced from wild fisheries. As of the early 21st century, fish is humanity's only significant wild food source.

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Lao Dam Breach Highlights Fears Over Massive Projects

Voa News 06 Aug 2018

The Sekong’s waters and other smaller tributaries are home “to tens of thousands of people from at least 20 different ethnic groups, all of whom rely on wild capture fisheries and surrounding forests and fertile lands” for food, according to the group's statement....

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Australia to oppose Japan's push to relax whaling ban - 'You do not need to ...

TVNZ 02 Aug 2018

The Japan Fisheries Agency wants a meeting of the International Whaling Commission in September to allow the capture of some "abundant" whale species ... Ms Bishop vowed to fight any attempts to undermine the 30-year moratorium through changes to voting regimes or the establishment of catch limits ... ....

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Atlantic Anglers Encouraged to Assist Florida Fish and Wildlife With Red Snapper Research

Space Coast Daily 01 Aug 2018

Researchers with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s (FWC) Fish and Wildlife Research Institute are asking for help from anglers, spearfishers, and charter captains to capture information about the Atlantic red snapper fishery ... spearfishers, and charter captains to capture information about the Atlantic red snapper fishery....

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Horseshoe crabs save our lives. What are we doing to help save theirs?

The Rock Hill Herald 27 Jul 2018

“We got a call one day from an eel and whelk fishery, and they explained that the growth of the biomedical industry and change in the coastlines had caused a collapse of horseshoe crabs, which made bait prices too expensive for them,” said Anthony Dellinger, president of Kepley, which had not previously dealt with horseshoe crabs ... “The numbers started rebuilding as soon as we started restricting the fishery.”....

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Trapping effort shows wild salmon are thriving in East Outlet of Kennebec River

Bangor Daily News 23 Jul 2018

Once there, she scurries around the sizeable chamber where fish trying to move into Moosehead Lake from the East Outlet of the Kennebec River have been captured ... Tim Obrey, regional fisheries biologist for the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, picks up a large landlocked salmon captured at the fishway of the East Outlet Dam July 18, 2018....

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Study: Whale sharks bigger than thought, can live up to 130 years

Herald and News 22 Jul 2018

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (TNS) — Whale sharks, the largest of the shark species, can travel the ocean for up to 130 years and can grow as long as 61.7 feet, a study found ... “Our work shows that we can obtain age and growth information without relying on dead sharks captured in fisheries. That is a big deal.” ... .......

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Whale sharks are bigger than had been thought and can live 130 years, study finds

Herald Mail 21 Jul 2018

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Whale sharks, the largest of the shark species, can travel the ocean for up to 130 years and can grow as long as 61.7 feet, a study found ... Previously, whale sharks were generally believed to be 40 feet long or more ... “Our work shows that we can obtain age and growth information without relying on dead sharks captured in fisheries. That is a big deal.” ... ——— ... ————— ... ....

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Sierrra Leone News: Global fish production to grow by 18% in next decade – FAO report

Awoko 20 Jul 2018

The latest edition of the agency’s State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture (SOFIA) report projects that by 2030 combined production from capture fisheries and aquaculture will grow to 201 million tonnes ... The combined production from marine captures and aquaculture was equal to 171 million tonnes in 2016, of which 151.2 million tonnes was consumed as human food, according to FAO’s report....

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Sierra Leone News: Fishing is key in fight against global hunger

Awoko 20 Jul 2018

According to the latest State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture (SOFIA) report, nearly 60 million people worldwide 14%of them women are directly employed in fisheries and the aquaculture sector ... The report indicates that global fish production will continue to grow over the next ten years even though the amount of fish being captured in the wild has levelled off and aquaculture is slowing down....

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BLM draining northern Montana reservoir for repairs on dam

Dothan Eagle 15 Jul 2018

State fisheries employees are working to capture as many fish as possible during the drawdown of Reser Reservoir northwest of Chinook and transfer them to ......

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Bear spotted in Central neighborhood captured Thursday morning by Wildlife and Fisheries officials

The Advocate 12 Jul 2018

A bear spotted in a Central neighborhood was captured early Thursday by Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries officials, said the department's spokesman Ed Pratt.�....

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Fisheries bycatch risk to marine megafauna is intensified in Lagrangian coherent structures [Earth, Atmospheric, and ...

PNAS 10 Jul 2018

Incidental catch of nontarget species (bycatch) is a major barrier to ecological and economic sustainability in marine capture fisheries. Key to mitigating bycatch is an understanding of the habitat requirements of target and nontarget species and the influence of heterogeneity and variability in the dynamic marine environment. While patterns of... ....

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Global fish production to grow by 18 pct in next decade: FAO report

Xinhua 09 Jul 2018

The combined production from marine captures and aquaculture was equal to 171 million tonnes in 2016, of which 151.2 million tonnes consumed as human food, according to FAO's latest edition of "The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture" (SOFIA) ... Some 90.9 million tonnes of fish was captured in the wild in 2016, with a 2 million tonnes drop from the previous year....

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