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Record 1 2023-03-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Collaboration with the FAO
  • Commercial Fishing
CONT

While preventing loss is preferable for reducing the impacts of ghost fishing and marine debris, gear adaptations can minimize the impact of ghost fishing by reducing the possibility of the gear to continually fish. Biodegradable nets, traps, and pots ... can reduce ghost fishing. ... The ... crab fishery ... uses cotton escape cord, which decomposes and releases the plastic hooks an average of 126 days after deployment ... Escape cords are mandatory in the fishery, but the regulation does not specify the diameter.

PHR

blue crab fishery

PHR

snow crab fishery

French

Domaine(s)
  • Collaboration avec la FAO
  • Pêche commerciale
PHR

pêche au crabe bleu

PHR

pêche du crabe des neiges

Spanish

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