Low impact and fuel efficient fishing—Looking beyond the horizon

摘要: Abstract Fishing provides high quality seafood and creates employment income for people worldwide. Most of the capture methods used fishing are, however, heavily dependent on use fossil fuels. For many important fisheries their consumption fuel constitutes a major constraint to economic viability but also represents significant source greenhouse gas emissions. In addition, activities can sometimes impact marine environments through excessive removals ecologically economically valuable species by direct physical contact with critical habitats. practices gears vary widely in environmental impacts efficiency but, general, passive such as pots, traps, hooks are considered be less severe, amounts required per kg catch smaller, than towed beam trawls, dredges types bottom trawls. Through technological improvements behavioral changes, sector substantially decrease damage aquatic ecosystems, reduce emissions lower its costs. Changes result more economical sustainable thereby contributing improved food security. Barriers begin transition low-impact, fuel-intensive include perception that cost-efficient practical alternatives not available; restricted access capital; ineffective technology infrastructure support; inflexible management systems restrict rapid development uptake alternative gears. This paper discusses some key technologies identifies gaps, constraints, opportunities facilitate adoption Low Impact Fuel Efficient (LIFE) Fishing. LIFE addresses complex dynamic energy objective improving sustainability operations.