Francis Chopin

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations | FAO · Fisheries and Aquaculture Department

The ecological and socioeconomic problems caused by abandoned, lost and discarded fishing gear (ALDFG) are increasingly of concern. Marine gillnets and trammel nets, which have relatively high ghost fishing potential, are globally important gear types. Used primarily by coastal, artisanal, small-scale fisheries worldwide, gillnet and trammel net fi...

Fishing provides high quality seafood and creates employment and income for people worldwide. Most of the capture methods used for fishing are, however, heavily dependent on the use of fossil fuels. For many important fisheries their high consumption of fuel constitutes a major constraint to their economic viability but also represents a significan...

Fisheries management policy to increase escapement of non-target species and sizes of fish from fishing gears is generally based on the assumption that injury and stress received during the capture-escape process do not result in a significant level of mortality after escape. However, there has been little research to validate this assumption. To i...

The capture of immature fish in many commercial fisheries is controlled by restricting the use of fishing gears or elements of fishing gears that prevent the escape of immature fish. Improving the selective characteristics of fishing gear is based on the assumption that fish escaping are not seriously damaged and able to make a complete recovery. I...