By-catch of tuna gillnet fisheries of Pakistan: A serious threat to non-target, endangered and threatened species | Bycatch Management Information System (BMIS)

Source URL

https://iotc.org/meetings/11th-working-party-ecosystems-and-bycatch-wpeb11

Citation

Moazzam M, Nawaz R (2014) By-catch of tuna gillnet fisheries of Pakistan: A serious threat to non-target, endangered and threatened species. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India 56:85–90. https://doi.org/10.6024/jmbai.2014.56.1.01750s-13

Abstract

Also published as IOTC-2015-WPEB11-INF05

Tuna gillnet fishery of Pakistan employs more than 500 fishing
boats that operate in offshore waters. In addition to tuna,
gillnet also catches large quantities of by-catch fish species including billfishes, pelagic sharks, dolphin fishes as well as marine turtles and cetaceans, which are protected species. High by-catch of these non-target animals affects their population in the area. The paper provides information on by-catch and suggests measures that can be adopted as alternate fishing methods to minimize mortality of endangered and threatened
cetaceans and turtles.