The Fish Trap Journal – Wild Fish Conservancy Northwest
Oct 4, 2021 · Welcome to The Fish Trap Journal, the official field journal for Wild Fish Conservancy’s Fish Trap Project dedicated to sharing stories, news, and updates on straight …
Washington State Poised to Set Precedent as First Government in …
Dec 12, 2024 · In 2022, responding to the concerns of the public and the well-documented record of ecological harm, Washington’s Commissioner of Public Lands, Hilary Franz, rejected …
The Fish Trap Project – Wild Fish Conservancy Northwest
A fish trap (also called a pound net) is a low-carbon commercial fishing strategy with potential for efficient harvest of targeted stocks and significant reductions in bycatch mortality of threatened …
Fish Traps: Ancient Method Could Become Way of the Future
Jan 14, 2022 · For the past six years, Wild Fish Conservancy has been testing a fish trap on the lower Columbia River with the goal of finding a fishing tool that would allow commercial fishing …
South Atlantic council opens door to ‘ropeless’ fish trap gear
Sep 17, 2023 · Developing on-demand or ‘ropeless’ fish trap gear could allow more fishermen to keep working in the black sea bass fishery from the Carolinas to Florida, even with seasonal …
How a banned fish trap is being used to save wild salmon on the ...
Fish traps were banned on the Columbia more than 80 years ago. But advocates with the Wild Fish Conservancy are revisiting the idea as a new, sustainable way to separate hatchery …
These plastic traps aren’t used commercially in Hawaii, but they…
Aug 31, 2021 · Hagfish traps are small basket-like plastic pieces that are used to catch hagfish and slime eels around the Pacific — but they’re not used commercially in Hawaiʻi. “Every …
Simple trap effective against invasive lionfish, study shows - News
Aug 26, 2020 · A relatively inexpensive and simply designed trap shows promise as a tool for combating the invasive lionfish, according to new research from the University of Florida …
Poachers rob spawning fish from traps, threaten steelhead
COQUILLE, Ore.—Poachers took spawning fish from the fish trap and destroyed surveillance cameras to hide their crimes during the winter steelhead run in Woodward Creek near Powers, …
Washington is the first place in the world to remove and ban this fish …
4 days ago · The Wild Fish Conservancy created a petition supporting the ban, which was endorsed by more than 180 businesses and organizations, plus over 3,000 individuals, …