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Article: Research from University of Washington provides new data on conservation biology.(Report)
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- Ecology, Environment & Conservation
- Article date:
- June 26, 2009
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According to recent research from the United States, "Bycatch-the incidental catch of nontarget species-is a principal concern in marine conservation and fisheries management. In the eastern Pacific Ocean tuna fishery, a large fraction of nonmammal bycatch is captured by purse-seine gear when nets are deployed around floating objects."
"We examined the spatial distribution of a dominant species in this fishery's bycatch, the apex predator silky shark (Carcharhinus falciformis), from 1994 to 2005 to determine whether spatial closures, areas where fishing is prohibited, might effectively reduce the bycatch of this species. We then identified candidate locations for ...