Tag Archives: Oceana “Wasted Catch
Report cites threat from fish ‘bycatch’ to ecosystems, including waters off R.I.
Among what it (Oceana “Wasted Catch,”) calls the nation’s “nine dirty fisheries” are three off Rhode Island: Northeast bottom trawling (groundfish, whiting), mid-Atlantic bottom trawling (scup, flounder, sea bass), and New England/mid-Atlantic gillnetters (monkfish, groundfish, skates). In trawling, nets are towed through the water, while gillnets are set and anchored. Read more here 08:03
TRUTH: Fishing Crisis or Government Mismanagement – Watch here
