Document: Non-target Species Caught in Tuna Fisheries
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All fishing methods have some type of unintentional environmental impact. One impact that receives a lot of attention is the incidental catch of non-target species, often referred to as “bycatch.” This infographic reviews the relative impacts of different fisheries on non-tuna species caught incidentally in tuna fisheries.
The source for this infographic is primarily ISSF Technical Report 2015-02: Preliminary Study Of The Relative Fishery Impacts On Non-Tuna Species Caught In Various Tuna Fisheries.
Bycatch,
Bycatch Mitigation,
Gillnet,
Longline,
Pole and Line,
Purse Seine,
science,
Sea Turtles,
Sharks,
Trolling
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