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Sustainable fishery
Sustainable seafood is from either fished or farmed sources that can maintain or increase production in the future without jeopardizing the ecosystems from which it was acquired. The sustainable seafood movement has gained momentum as more people become aware of both overfishing and environmentally destructive fishing methods. Fish farming can ...
Fishing industry in the United States
Fishermen on one of several reef net fishing boats anchored off Lummi Island pull their nets to catch salmon on Sept. 14, 2023. Reef net fishing is considered one of the most sustainable fish ...
National Marine Fisheries Service
Alaska salmon fishery. The Alaska salmon fishery is a managed fishery that supports the annual harvest of five species of wild Pacific Salmon for commercial fishing, sport fishing, subsistence by Alaska Native communities, and personal use by local residents. The salmon harvest in Alaska is the largest in North America and represents about 80% ...
Atlantic bluefin tuna
The concept of maximum sustainable yield (MSY) has been used in fisheries science and fisheries management for more than a century. Originally developed and popularized by Fedor Baranov early in the 1900s as the "theory of fishing," it is often credited with laying the foundation for the modern understanding of the population dynamics of fisheries. [1]