Sentence examples for declines in catch from inspiring English sources

They have seen reduced growth and higher death rates of shrimp in the marshes, Dr. Cowan said, and significant declines in catch rates for red snapper and other reef fishes.

Indeed, small-scale fisheries can rapidly induce declines in catch rates [19].

Reports of rapid declines in catch per unit effort in the Philippines Nautilus fishery [19] and by inference, abundance, has highlighted the need to calculate sustainable catch rates.

Recent studies on the Philippines fishery has shown declines in catch per unit effort of around 80% in 10 20 years, with relatively low effort by 3 4 local fishermen in each locality [19].

Declines in catch can also have natural (e.g., recruitment failure due to climate) and other human-related (e.g., changing markets, restrictive management) drivers that can act in conjunction with each other [23].

Much of the earlier research pointed to declines in catches and concluded that therefore fish stocks must be in trouble.

Severe declines in catches of stocks fished by fleets of factory trawlers caused such concern that coastal states pressed for protection of the resources off their shores.

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.

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.