Courts side with Maine lobstermen
A recent ruling favors lobster fishing over the endangered North Atlantic Right Whale
Testing the freelock fish selector
Study Type
Field study in the wild
Target catch
Salmon
Effect on bycatch species
Reduced it by 30%
Effect on target catch
None
Bycatch species
Reduction technique
Fishing Gear
Testing the freelock fish selector
A fish selector reduced bycatch by 60% in the Seattle salmon gillnet fishery.
Dr. Alexia Morgan
Dr. Alexia Morgan has been working in the field of fisheries for over twenty years. Alexia began her career as a fisheries observer, obtaining her masters in marine biology and doctorate in fisheries and aquatic sciences. Alexia’s doctorate focused on a modeling project looking at ways to protect the dusky shark in the northwest Atlantic Ocean. Alexia’s work interests focus on large pelagic species, namely sharks and tunas, the fisheries that target them and the bycatch associated with these fisheries.