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Fish Harvesting Techniques

Name Fish Harvesting Technique Beam trawl Demersal otter trawl Where Used/ Used For Seabed Seabed Economic Benefits/Pitfalls Catches a lot of fish Catches a lot of segregode cod Species are worth a lot of money Alot of species get caught No impact on wild fish Tuna and squid being sold for money Reproduce fish to put in resteraunts Catch a lot of fish Environmental Benefits/ Pitfalls Electrified ticklers/ Drag on the seabed Reduce bycatch of non-target/ Disturb sea creatures Damage seabeds Habitats arent being destroyed Dolphins are being tangled and killed Ruining adaptaion and evolution Not wasting fish because easy to target fish Tangles animals, even the not wanted ones Bad for dolphins Decrease in population Good method Good method for the environment Waste water can be treated Good method

Dive-caught Dredging Bag and rack Drift net Fish farming Gill or Fixed nets

Colecting lobster Oysters Shellfish Tuna To breed fish Seabed creatures

Tangle nets

Captures species

Make a lot of money off fish Catch fish for money High quality fish Low bycatch levels High valued fish Destroyed 3.7 billion acres of habitat Low bycatch

Trammel nets Handline Jigging Trolling Ponds Harpoon

Used for fishing Catch fish Squid Pelagic Species Shrimp, catfish Bluefin tuna

Trapping Long-lining

Shrimp, lobster, crab Pelagic fish, Bottom dweling

Low bycath levels Fuel efficient bycath

Less seafloor impact Fuel efficient

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