A combination of reduced fishing effort, less selective fishing
strategies, and better use of the catch may help achieve
sustainable overall yields while maintaining healthy ecosystems.
(CSIRO) Scientists offer new take on selective fishing A new,
less selective approach to commercial fishing is needed to
ensure the ongoing productivity of marine ecosystems and to
maintain biodiversity, according to a paper in the Proceedings
of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of
America. The paper, ‘Ecosystem-based fisheries management
requires a change to the selective fishing philosophy’, was
written by a team of authors led by Shijie Zhou of the CSIRO
Wealth from Oceans Flagship. Dr Zhou says ecosystem-based
fisheries management (EBFM) is broadly practiced as a means of
reducing the impact of fishing on marine ecosystems while
ensuring sustainable fisheries. He says fishing methods under
EBFM vary greatly in how selectively they catch fish. The common
view is that highly selective methods that catch