date:Mar 21, 2014
theast Snapper-Grouper Longline Fishery (66 percent discarded) More than 400,000 sharks were captured and discarded in one year
California Set Gillnet Fishery (65 percent of all animals discarded) More than 30,000 sharks and rays as well as valuable fish were discarded as waste over three years
Southeast Shrimp Trawl Fishery (64 percent discarded) For every pound of shrimp landed, 1 pound of billfish is discarded; thousands of sea turtles are killed annually
California Drift Gillnet Fis