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 from the dock.
The Fish Trap Moves Forward to Legalization
This week, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) Director Kelly Susewind officially announced the agency will designate an Emerging Commercial Fishery for alternative commercial fishing gear that will legalize fish traps.
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 and endangered populations.
Fish traps were banned, but some now say ‘it’s the future’ for …
Oct 16, 2017 · CATHLAMET, Wahkiakum County — More than eight decades after their demise, fish traps are getting a fresh look from researchers convinced they offer a more sustainable way to catch Columbia River...
Hundreds of endangered fish rescued from Palisades fire burn …
12 hours ago · The destructive wildfire had stripped the slopes of the nearby Santa Monica Mountains and now rain could send a tremendous amount of sediment flowing into Topanga Lagoon, a death trap for fish.
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 closures to protect endangered North Atlantic right whales from gear entanglement.
Washington is the first place in the world to remove and ban this fish …
2 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, according to a press release from ...
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 salmon from...
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 outfits to catch targeted stocks of salmon and steelhead—like excess hatchery fish—without harming wild fish and stocks listed under the Endangered Species Act.
VIMS awarded funds to clean up derelict fishing gear
Dec 12, 2024 · A massive cleanup of derelict fishing gear in U.S. coastal waters is set to begin now that William & Mary ’s Batten School & VIMS has awarded $1.4 million to fund 11 projects under the National Fishing Trap Removal, Assessment, and Prevention (TRAP) Program.