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reasonsforhope · 1 year

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“When the Brazilian state of Amazonas put the responsibility of protecting one of the world’s largest freshwater fish in the hands of the indigenous inhabitants, it saved the beast from an inevitable extinction.

The giant arapaima, a piranha-proof river monster capable of growing to 10-feet in length and weighing 440 pounds, was almost wiped out by illegal fishing in the 1990s, but two decades of conservation means the ‘Terminator of the River’ is back...

Regardless of their danger, they are also known by the name ‘Cod of the Amazon’, and disregarding a ban on arapaima fishing, their numbers have been plummeting due to the demand for the firm white meat with few bones.

The arapaima disappeared from much of its historic range, and at the dawn of the new millennium, fewer than 3,000 were estimated to exist.

Taking a different model to most conservation methods in the Amazon, João Campos-Silva, an ecologist at the Institutio Juruá, decided to work with local communities to preserve arapaima fishing, and to help people realize the kind of money they could make by protecting the environment.

“Conservation should mean a better life for locals,” Campos-Silva told CNN. “So in this case conservation started to make sense. Now local people say ‘we need to protect the environment, we need to protect nature, because more biodiversity means a better life...'”

According to Campos-Silva, there are now 330,000 arapaima living in 1,358 lakes in 35 managed areas, with over 400 communities involved in managing them. The income generated from fishing rights is pouring into those communities, who are using it to fund medical infrastructure, schools, and more.” -via Good News Network, 10/26/21

#amazon #brazil #indigenous #indigenous people #land rights #fishing #commercial fishing #arapaima #conservation #good news #hope

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carrickbender · 3 months

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Mugshot monday(+ weekend round-up)

- Was that purchased in a waffle house in a fly over state? Yep! Do I need to visit another waffle house? Probably not, but it was a fun trip.

- the forklift actually happened late Friday, and it wasn't the only time he got it stuck that day. He sunk it the first time damn near to the deck, but hey, when you're a 22 y.o. dude, not much is your fault.

- Weekend was spent doing laundry, doing homework, going to Costco, coing to Carters, doing dishes... and not getting any me time.

- Tell me you are in a cult without telling me you are in a cult: I actually did the math before thinking about buying that quantity of scrub daddies. #noGeoffputthemback

- And not to be outdone by last Monday, an employee that I had to write up last week had a major medical incident at work today and is fighting for his life tonight. No, not workplace related but sitting with someone while they are exhibiting stroke like symptoms and seeing the fear in his eyes but trying to keep him comfortable and sitting...fucking sucks. Not my first rodeo, at all, but on this end it's not fun. I also learned: my boss is also cool hand Luke and EMT trained. So we have that going for us...

- on the upside, because I don't want to end up that way and because I want to get even smaller, I picked up my key for the gym today. Here's to getting out some frustrations!!!

Have a good week yall- today was dump day, and my fleet can haul on Thursday. 2 days of making sure my new software works, 1 day of teaching my crew how to use it, then we get it done. Wish me luck!!!

Much love!

#me #this is my life #exhausted #dadlife #commercial fishing #washington state #singer songwriter #dungeness crab #sad tonight #in repair

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grateful-today · 1 year

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for at least one victory:

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ocean-advocate · 1 year

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Introduction

Welcome to The Ocean Advocate, a platform dedicated to addressing critical issues and raising public consciousness about the pressing challenges confronting marine biology, particularly within the commercial fishing industry.

The world's oceans span more than 70% of the planet's surface and are home to a diverse range of plant and animal life. The commercial fishing industry has become an essential component of global food security, employing millions of people worldwide.

However, the fishing industry is facing daunting challenges, including overfishing, bycatch, and habitat destruction, which pose significant threats to marine ecosystems and the communities that depend on them. These issues are compounded by a lack of adequate regulation, enforcement, and accountability, which have led to widespread ecological degradation and overexploitation.

Through this blog, we aim to stimulate constructive discourse and promote action to address these issues head-on. We will delve deeply into the scientific underpinnings of fishing practices, explore sustainable fishing techniques, and highlight the latest research in marine conservation.

Join us as we take an unflinching look at the problems facing the commercial fishing industry and learn how we can collaborate to safeguard the oceans and the biodiversity they sustain. It is incumbent upon us to act swiftly and decisively to protect our planet's most precious resource for generations to come.

Resources for what you can do will be uploaded soon!

#sustainability #conservation #commercial fishing indutry #commercial fishing

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rjzimmerman · 2 years

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Excerpt from this story from EcoWatch:

From coral bleaching to ocean acidification, there is lots of discussion about how the climate crisis harms marine life. But is it possible that the loss of undersea animals could actually worsen the impacts of climate change?

A study published in Science Advances last year found that the amount of carbon sequestered as fish dung in the ocean had declined by nearly half since commercial fishing began in earnest a little more than a century ago.

“It’s sort of demonstrating that fish matter for the big carbon cycle in the ocean and other biogeochemical cycles,” study lead author and University of California, Los Angeles oceanographer Daniele Bianchi told EcoWatch.

Fish and the Carbon Cycle

The carbon cycle describes how carbon travels from the atmosphere to plants to animals and the soil and back into the atmosphere when animals exhale (or when humans burn fossil fuels), according to the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research. In the oceans, a similar process occurs with phytoplankton, which convert carbon dioxide into the sugars that form the basis of the marine food web, according to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute. This carbon ends up sequestered in the deep ocean or the seafloor when animals die and sink.

Carbon dioxide is also traded back and forth between surface water and the air. However, when considering the living drivers of this and other biochemical processes in the ocean, scientists have largely looked at phytoplankton or bacteria rather than animals like fish, Bianchi said. This study marks “the first time that I think someone [has tried] to do these calculations and show that biological processes that have to do with animals in the ocean matter for these chemical processes,” he said.

#commercial fishing #oceans #marine ecology #climate change #fish poop #carbon sequestration

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senoritafish · 2 years

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Very good news for Pacific Bluefin Tuna!

#pacific bluefin tuna #fisheries management #biomass assessments #noaa fisheries #fish #commercial fishing #recreational fishing

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onlinebookclub-org · 3 months

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Book of the Day, January 9th -- Non-Fiction

Free exclusively through the Onlinebookclub.org Review Team! Get your copy below: https://forums.onlinebookclub.org/shelves/book.php?id=600212

LaBlance Fish Tales Two by Peter F LaBlance

Connect with the Author: @greatlakesfishtales

Published by BookBaby

This book has two 5-star ratings on Amazon!

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The LaBlance family's lives were shaped by moving around to "follow the fish" from Lake Michigan to Lake Huron and Lake Superior. This collection of short stories are just a small window into the lives of commercial fishermen on the Great Lakes.

Come read these stories and appreciate the adventures of fishing!

"So descriptive you can imagine yourself there fishing and/or dealing with the bureaucracy. Very enjoyable!" ~ Amazon Reviewer

#nonfiction #fishing #commercial fishing #freebooks

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manicpixietradwife · 8 months

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#alaska #commercial fishing #salmon #kodiak

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lesterpubliclibrary · 1 year

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Peter Paul by Lester Public Library Via Flickr: Peter Paul, commercial fishing vessel, Susie-Q Fish Company, returns to Two Rivers harbor, Two Rivers, Wisconsin

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jacky93sims · 1 year

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Grocery Store Set for The Sims 2

This is a set with a bunch of community lot stuff (they will show only in community lot). Self-check out machine is from BodegaBaby, the rest is from Severinka. These item are all deco, except for the Fish Display and Cash Desk which are respectively a store fridge and a cash counter (you will find this last item in the counter section, the rest is in big appliances) that are functional (sims can buy from the fish fridge and you can put the cash desk game on the counter as shown in the picture). All is low poly.

**NEWS**: The "Display Fridge 2x" had a guid conflict with the "Sloped" one so I fixed that. Now the download link down here has the correct version. If you don't want to re-download everything you can Download Only The FIX and replace the file in your folder.

Plus, for some of you the Cash Desk might not working. If that happens download the fix HERE

DOWNLOAD GROCERY STORE SET

Some items are repo to others so you will need the master mesh. These objects are named "slaved" and will refer to the "Master" mesh present in the same folder.

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reasonsforhope · 1 year

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“Millions of sharks could be saved from being caught on fishing hooks with a recent invention that acts like a car’s hazard lights.

Called SharkGuard, the device fits onto the longlines used by fishermen and creates an electrical field around a baited hook, which sharks and rays pick up with their electroreceptors.

Tests have shown that it can reduce the bycatch of these animals by 91% for sharks and 71% for rays...

With efficacy proven, Dr. Enever and colleagues said they are now working to overcome a barrier of battery life so fishers can “fit it and forget it.”

A full set of induction-charged SharkGuard devices for 2,000 hooks would cost around $20,000 (£16,790) and would last three to five years, which the researchers say is a modest annual cost for most commercial tuna fishing operations.

They are now encouraging fishers who experience high shark and ray bycatch, as well as retail companies who want to improve the sustainability of their supply chain, to seek contact with Fishtek Marine early as sea trials and engineering developments are planned for commercialisation.” -via Good News Network, 11/23/22

#sharks #rays #marine biology #conservation #endangered species #commercial fishing #technology #tuna #good news #hope

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carrickbender · 3 months

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Things that make my day:

- A teams call when you get noticed by your bosses boss as a good teacher(thanks mom!)

- hearing a little voice asking for ice cream on another call, then hearing everybody else laugh, causing a needed reset.

After yesterday and Monday, this was needed.

#me #this is my life #dadlife #commercial fishing #i have a job #in repair #imposter syndrome

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mudwerks · 4 months

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