"Commercial fishers" refers to individuals or groups who catch fish or other marine creatures with the intention of selling them for profit.
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Most fish meals which are being used as feed ingredients are by - products
of commercial fish processing.
Advances in fishing equipment and methods and increasingly large vessels have made it possible
for commercial fishing operations to capture more fish, further from home, than ever before.
Increased tourist developments and birds getting caught in nets
from commercial fishing operations also pose a danger.
The vaccines used
by commercial fish farmers are not protecting fish from disease, according to a new study.
There are many problems with
commercial fish farming including: disease, antibiotic use, decreased Omega - 3s, pesticide use, plastic chemicals and more!
A new 16 - year ban
on commercial fishing will give the world time to develop a sustainable management plan for the region.
A study taken on some small family - owned
commercial fishing companies showed that they adapted to continue to earn a living but not necessarily make a large profit.
Wild caught seafood is preferable, both for the environment and for health, as we still don't know the full impact of large
scale commercial fish farming.
These preserves would dramatically
limit commercial fishing access and combine to form the most comprehensive conservation area on the planet.
Key to this is educating the public, creating a local body to manage the reefs and preventing illegal
commercial fishing activities around the island.
The goal with the maps, or wind energy areas, is to identify promising spots for offshore wind upfront, such as locations
without commercial fishing traffic or interference with military radar.
The pests have the same amino acids as more
expensive commercial fish meal, making them an attractive protein source for poultry and fish farmers.
But that will get harder over time, because the first large protected areas have been in remote places without
strong commercial fishing interests.
After more than 30 years travelling the world catching all kinds of fish, I couldn't deny the
damage commercial fishing causes.
It had a long history
of commercial fishing but, thanks to the railway, it has been a popular holiday destination ever since the Victorian times.
The industry has changed significantly in recent years and, with increasing regulations placed
on commercial fishing, companies face a number of challenges.
Commercial fishing interests have generally opposed offshore wind plans, citing the loss of fishing grounds and concerns about environmental impacts.
The JRC contributed to the study by analysing stock assessment data of
commercial fish stocks in the Mediterranean Sea.
That opposition includes tens of thousands of local businesses and hundreds of thousands of
commercial fishing families that depend on clean coasts, the majority of Americans, over 150 coastal municipalities, many Alaska Natives, bipartisan lawmakers at the local, state and federal levels, and a host of faith and conservation leaders.
Just four weeks earlier, I had resigned my job in the state legislature, moved into the old black Ford, and driven south to join Bob's
commercial fishing crew for the full shad season.
West Leederville -
based commercial fishing company Austral Fisheries has become the first seafood business in the world to be certified as carbon neutral.
For the last three years our friends at the Marine Education and Research Society (MERS) have been present whenever possible
when commercial fishing is taking place around Northeastern Vancouver Island
Bycatch — the unwanted fish and other marine creatures trapped by
commercial fishing nets during fishing for a different species — is thought to be a far higher cause of death for marine turtles, likely running into hundreds of thousands each year.
So Google collaborated with nonprofits Oceana and SkyTruth to create Global Fishing Watch, an interactive map that, through both satellite and land - based tracking technology, gives a near real - time look
at commercial fishing across the globe.
WASHINGTON (Reuters)- U.S. President Barack Obama will dramatically expand the Papahnaumokukea Marine National Monument off the coast of Hawaii on Friday, the White House said, an action that will
ban commercial fishing from more than 582,500 sq miles (1.5 million sq km) of the Pacific Ocean.