Understanding the factors underlying fishers’ decisions to adopt resource‐conserving behaviors is important to successful fisheries management. This study used an online survey to explore factors motivating decisions to use alternative barotrauma mitigation measures (venting and descending) to improve discarded reef fish survival across recreational, charter, and commercial fishers in the state of Florida. A majority of respondents (66–69%) had experienced fish showing gross signs of barotrauma, and more than half of those (52–69%) reported using barotrauma mitigation most of the time….Read more

Numerical abundance and biomass values presented here for Pink Salmon Oncorhynchus gorbuscha, Chum Salmon O. keta, and Sockeye Salmon O. nerka in the North Pacific Ocean span 90 years (1925–2015), representing the most comprehensive compilation of these data to date. In contrast to less populous species of salmon, these species are more abundant now than ever, averaging 665 × 10⁶ adult salmon each year (1.32 × 10⁶ metric tons) during 1990–2015….Read more

The Atlantic Cod Gadus morhua population in the Gulf of Maine (GOM) is currently near historically low levels of abundance. Reliable estimates of incidental Atlantic Cod bycatch from Maine’s American lobster Homarus americanus fishery, which are unavailable and not included in the current stock assessment, are potentially critical for understanding complete catch dynamics and are thus essential for rebuilding the stock….Read more