Large-scale and sustained removal of abandoned, lost, or otherwise discarded fishing gear meaningfully benefits marine ecosystems and has the potential to be transformational in restoration efforts.
A systematic review of U.S. policy documents and peer-reviewed literature to identify potentially underrepresented fishing practices and communities associated with non-commercial fishing.
We find only 2 of the 13 Guam BMUS (Lethrinus rubrioperculatus and Pristipomoides auricilla) have sufficient data to run the more complex integrated or length-based assessment models.
