Tag #Bycatch Reduction

What concrete steps did the Western Rock Lobster Fishery take to achieve sustainable practices, and what were the immediate effects on sea lion populations and lobster stocks?

Australia's Western Rock Lobster Fishery, the world's first MSC-certified sustainable fishery, implemented simple yet effective changes like adding metal bars to traps to prevent baby sea lion deaths and using weighted ropes to avoid whale entanglement. These actions, combined with reduced catch quotas, led to a lobster stock rebound.