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Media - Mediterranean trial tests semi-pelagic trawl doors to reduce seabed impact

Media - Sweden trials light-guided shrimp trawling to cut seabed impact

Media - GFCM, Spain field testing “flying doors” to reduce impact of bottom trawl fisheries

workshop - CIBBRiNA/ICES/Marine Beacon/REDUCE on mitigation measures to minimise marine turtle bycatch

Media - Observe the contents of the codend in close to real time, and take a decision on slipping the catch remotely

Media - Mediterranean field trial tests enhanced trawl technology to reduce seabed impact

Media - New technology must improve Belgian fisheries

Seafood Matters Podcast - Ep 112. The square Mesh Story

The French Office for Biodiversity is testing tools to combat accidental catches on a large scale

Ecologically informed decision-making for ghost nets from shipwrecks and the seabed in the North Sea and Adriatic Sea using scuba diving

Increasing soak time improves size selection and harvesting patterns in common whelk (Buccinum undatum) pot fisheries

Bycatch reduction in shrimp trawl fisheries using a modified net design

Evaluation of Catch Performance and Environmental Impact of Technical Gear Modifications for a More Sustainable Scallop Dredging Fishery

Fact sheet - Reducing ghost fishing from lost lobster traps in Brazil

Time-tension line cutters offer a potential tool to mitigate whale entanglements in deepwater fisheries

Ropeless Fishing Technology in Deep-Water Lobster & Offshore Operations

Bycatch reduction in shrimp trawl fisheries using a modified net design

New turtle excluder device showing promising signs of protecting both juvenile turtles and maintaining shrimp catch

FloMo

Infinifish

LINC BioMer

Bycatch in in European seas

Bycatch in Commercial Trawl Fisheries: Problems, Solutions, and Future Directions

Smartrawl

PearlNet performance: Catch efficiency and practicality of a new prawn trawl design

Underwater monitoring solutions for commercial fishing and marine research

NSAC/EAPO Symposium on Innovative Fishing (March, 7th 2024 - Brussels)

California ropeless gear could expand into spot prawn fishery

EU request on review of innovative gears for potential use in EU waters and their impacts

Regulation (EU) 2025/2077 amending Regulation (EU) No 1026/2012 on conservation of fish stocks

Access to finance, the other unknown in the equation for decarbonizing fishing vessels

Code of good practices on fish welfare and fish welfare indicators

Spanish project turns recycled fishing nets into 3D-printed prosthetics

SINTEF: Net materials, cleaning methods can dramatically cut microplastic emissions from fish farms

Innovative Nephrops Handling Machine Wins Catch Welfare Award

Disco Scallops: A lightbulb moment for sustainable fishing

ECO-CATCH

Best Practices to reduce marine litter from net cuttings waste

Use of escape gaps in Barents Sea snow crab fishery: Can it reduce bycatch of undersized crabs?

Marine Guardian

ECO-CATCH webinar

Le programme Pot pa trawl teste des engins alternatifs au chalut classique pour pecher la langoustine

Clean Catch

Could this gear innovation curb bycatch in Alaska's pollock fishery? Trident Seafoods thinks so

Fishing fleets help contribute to "Upcycling the Oceans" trash removal effort

Pioneering Prawn Stunning and Tailing Machine Nets Funding For Next Phase

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