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Operation DRIFTNET is the Canadian Armed Forces operation conducted in support of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO). It delivers Canada's participation in multinational efforts to control driftnetting and other forms of illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing in the North Pacific Ocean.
"Foreign Large-Scale High Seas Driftnet Fishing Annual Reports". NOAA Fisheries & International Affairs. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). 3 January 2024. "Oceans and the Law of the Sea in the General Assembly of the United Nations". General Assembly Resolutions and Decisions. United Nations (UN).
United Nations General Assembly Resolution 46/215 [16] called for the cessation of all "large-scale pelagic drift-net fishing" in international waters by the end of 1992. The laws of individual countries vary with regard to fishing in waters under their jurisdiction. Possession of gillnets is illegal in some U.S. states and heavily regulated in ...
Drift netting is a fishing technique where nets, called drift nets, hang vertically in the water column without being anchored to the bottom. The nets are kept vertical in the water by floats attached to a rope along the top of the net and weights attached to another rope along the bottom of the net. [ 1 ]
With the absence of foreign fishing, many Canadian and U.S fishing trawlers took their place, and the number of cod kept diminishing past a point of recovery. [12] Many local fishers noticed the drastic decrease of cod and tried to inform local government officials. [citation needed] In a 1978 white paper, the Newfoundland government stated: [15]
Fishermen on one of several reef net fishing boats anchored off Lummi Island pull their nets to catch salmon on Sept. 14, 2023. Reef net fishing is considered one of the most sustainable fish ...
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