Sentence examples for decline in catch from inspiring English sources

Since 2003, following a sharp decline in catch figures, the hilsa fish has been the subject of a government conservation programme offering fishers economic incentives or payments for ecosystem services (PES).

Fishers' ecological knowledge (FEK) tells a story of serial depletion in lobster abundance at fishing grounds located closest to the fishing port with an associated decline in catch per unit effort (CPUE) throughout recent history.

Nevertheless a sharp decline in catch occurred.

This decline in catch occurred despite an increase in effort, which peaked at nearly 2.1 million pot-lifts in 1992.

The report warns that unless modifications in major developing world rivers such as the Mekong are carried out in ways that allow fish to flourish, there will be a decline in catches essential for millions of people.

Our contacts in Taiji have told us the reason for the decline in catches is due to concerns about mercury in dolphin meat.

In the past there was a sharp decline in catches of the mahseers, which are declared endangered fish in India.

An opinion prevails that a sharp decline in catches of schizothoracine species in the Himalayas is the result of brown trout preying upon their younger stages.

A high dam on the River Sutlej at Bhakra resulted in a sharp decline in catches of Tor putitora in Gobindsagar reservoir from 40% in 1966 to 0.5% in 1979 (Natrajan and Sehgal, 1982).

Over the years uncontrolled and often indiscriminate fishing in the largely unmanaged Himalayan rivers and streams has resulted in a sharp decline in catches of the important sport and subsistence fish.

Without warning, this fishery, in 1966, recorded a drastic decline in catches to a degree that forced the then fisheries Minister of Canada to close the fishery in 1968.