SAVANNAH, GEORGIA — Robust
lobster fisheries in New England have been a shining exception to the collapse of the global fishing industry.
It's no secret that
the lobster fishery in southern New England is in trouble.
Not exact matches
Fisheries minister Norman Moore has imposed new restrictions on the rock
lobster industry
in a bid to halve the annual harvest from its long - term average of 11,000 tonnes to 5,500 tonnes.
A cook shows a 100 - year - old wild
lobster, 7.5 kilograms weight, from the Arctic Waters of Canada during the 15th China
Fisheries and Seafood Expo at Dalian Expo Square on November 3, 2010
in Dalian, Liaoning Province of China.
Commercial fishermen harvest a wide variety of animals, ranging from tuna, cod, carp, and salmon to shrimp, krill,
lobster, clams, squid, and crab,
in various
fisheries for these species.
This finding reaffirms a NOAA
Fisheries regulation that mandates the use of sinking line between fishing traps used
in the
lobster fishery as a way of reducing entanglements.
What if, he asked, you could design a financial incentive for good management practices, with conservation - minded tourists paying higher prices for local
lobsters in exchange for harvesting practices that would ensure the
fishery's sustainability?
In contrast, lobsters in the Gulf of Maine have exploded and the fishery has seen record landing
In contrast,
lobsters in the Gulf of Maine have exploded and the fishery has seen record landing
in the Gulf of Maine have exploded and the
fishery has seen record landings.
Australia
in John Tierney, «A Tale of Two
Fisheries,» New York Times Magazine, 27 August 2000; South Australian Southern Zone Rock
Lobster Fishery Management Committee, Southern Zone Rock
Lobster Annual Report 2005 — 2006 (Adelaide, South Australia: October 2006), p. 2.
Intense upwelling along the west coast results
in high biological productivity, which
in turn supports large fish stocks, including pilchard, anchovy, hake, and rock
lobster, each forming the basis for lucrative commercial
fisheries.