Saving Seafood

UN considering proposal to phase out trawling on seamounts

November 2, 2026 — The United Nations is meeting until 6 November and is considering a proposal to phase out bottom trawling on high-seas seamounts.

The U.N. regularly considers different fisheries resolutions and annually considers and adopts its “Oceans and the law of the sea” resolution in December. Armenia, as well as Monaco, have proposed a phase-out of bottom trawling at high-seas seamounts, drawing praise from nonprofits like the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition (DSCC) and the Marine Conservation Institute.

Read the full article at SeafoodSource

Researchers make alarming discovery after analyzing stomach of deep-sea fish that washed ashore on US coast: ‘They are not picky eaters’

June 16, 2025 — Scientists made a disturbing discovery inside the stomach of a deep-sea fish that washed ashore on an Oregon beach.

What’s happening?

Back in April, Seaside Aquarium made a Facebook post announcing that a longnose lancetfish had washed up on a nearby beach. The long, serpent-like fish with a mouth full of fangs is known as food for predators like sharks, tuna, and other longnose lancetfish. This particular fish measured about five feet long.

The post also shared photos of what was found when researchers analyzed the content of the fish’s stomach. They found items standard to the fish’s diet, like fish and squid. But they also found something more sinister: bits of plastic.

“We also know that they are not picky eaters,” wrote Seaside Aquarium. “They are known to eat over 90 different species of marine life, including each other, and unfortunately, are attracted to plastics.”

Read the full article at the TCD

This Deep-Sea Fisherman Has Caught A Treasure Trove Of Underwater Oddities

December 22, 2016 — As the saying goes, there are plenty of fish in the sea — including some you may want to toss back.

A deep-sea fisherman in Russia has shared a captivating collection of creepy crawlies he has found in the depths of the Arctic Circle.

Roman Fedortsov, who fishes off northwest Russia’s coast, started tweeting out photos of his most unusual catches earlier this year, according to the Moscow Times.

Some of them appear straight out of a sci-fi movie, but we found marine biologists who insist they’re not.

Read the full story at the Huffington Post