Due to the hazards that were presented, the California Ministry of Fish and Wildlife announced that on April 15, the promoting and leisure dung -crab fishing south of Pigeon Point, including Monterey Bay and Morro Bay.
The vertical lines could also be continued in other parts of Northern California, including zones 1: 3 in Half Moon Bay, San Francisco and Bodega Bay, where Wale is now returning to their feeding site.
This crab season opened for the primary time on January 5.
The officials said that the Wal overweaking in front of the west coast reached a six-year high in 2024. There are confirmed reports a couple of humpback whale that’s currently involved in several sets of Dungeness crab equipment from Monterey Bay. The same whale has been involved three different times since October.
The impairment of the whale in 75% of cases is fatal, in keeping with the National Marine Fisheries Service. The whales have difficult to dive and feed for months while pulling heavy fishing devices, which might result in serious damage and drown.
“Based on the department's own data in the last three seasons 33 of a total of 38 humpback whales after the crab season in Central California, the first time was mocked,” said Dr. Geoff Shester, head of campaign by Oceana and senior scientist, in an evidence. “This repeated pattern to wait too long to close fishing damages endangered whale populations and is a bad service for local fishing communities.”
Scientists estimate that in keeping with Oceana, the reports reported only make up 10% of the particular entanglements.
“California's plan to reduce Wällern does not work,” said Shester. “The crab season in Bay Area and Northern California is currently an extreme risk of endangered whales with a very low reward, which will ultimately affect the California fishing communities in the long term.”
After the tip of a season in a fishing zone, the fishermen can proceed to go looking for crabs while using pop-up fishing equipment under experimental fishing permits. This equipment saves the rope and the buoy with a trap on the ocean floor until an acoustic release mechanism sends the buoy to the surface.
Pop-up equipment was tested by 19 fishermen last spring, while the water was closed for conventional crab equipment to forestall whale transitions. These fishermen saw successful rate of 98% and, in keeping with Oceana Krabben, delivered 1.5 million US dollars.
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