Posts Tagged "Bycatch"


By Abhinav Singh Shark-Finning is a cruel practice wherein the fins of sharks are sliced off and the shark is thrown back into the sea, where they slowly bleed to death. The value of fins is comparatively higher than the meat of shark. The majority of shark fins obtained from Indian coasts are exported to China, Singapore and Hong Kong through Mumbai and Chennai. In the domestic Indian market, wholesale prices for shark fins vary...

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by Adam Soliman Bycatch occurs with most fishing practices. Simply put, it is the amount of different types of fish that one catches while attempting to catch a particular type; if you are catching Black Cod and you happen to catch other types of fish, this will be called a bycatch. One of the aims of fisheries management is to reduce bycatch. This can be achieved by adjusting fishing practices (i.e., changing methods to ones that...

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