gillnet and pole-and-line – pole-and-line is the only selective method.” Also known as one-by-one fishing, pole-and-line is a traditional method of fishing that uses one hook, one line and one ...
But there is an exception which allows EU countries to catch up to 5% of their annual fishing quota in the North Sea using "innovative methods" in the name of research. Pulse fishing counts as one ...
The study, published in Frontiers science journal, says 55-60% of the carbon released by this method of fishing eventually escapes into the atmosphere as CO2 over the span of nine years.