Human activities are not random in their negative and positive impacts on biotas. Emerging
evidence shows that most species are declining as a result of human activities ('losers') and …

Shrimp has constituted a major part of crustacean consumption in recent years. Solid
wastes, including the head, shell, and tail portions, accumulate owing to shrimp processing …

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 UNEP WoRLD CONSERVATION MONITORING CENTRE 15 the b1od1vers1ty
assessment and pol, cy 1mplementat1on arm of the Un, ted Nations Environment …

Formal analyses of long-term global marine fisheries prospects have yet to be performed,
because fisheries research focuses on local, species-specific management issues …

Many fishery management tools currently in use have conservation value. They are
designed to maintain stocks of commercially important species above target levels …

The production of shrimp waste from shrimp processing industries has undergone a
dramatic increase in recent years. Continued production of this biomaterial without …

Problems with fisheries are usually associated with overfishing; in other words, with the
deployment of “too many” fishing gears. However, overfishing is not the only problem …

Bycatch–a term widely used to refer to part of the catch unintentionally caught during a
fishing operation, in addition to target species, and consisting of the discards and incidental …

Fishery by‐catch, especially discarded by‐catch, is a serious problem in the world's oceans.
Not only are the stocks of discarded species affected, but entire trophic webs and habitats …