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Effectiveness means how good a fishing method is at catching the fish it is supposed to catch.

If a method is very effective, it will catch a lot of the right kind of fish.

Profitability is about how much money a fishing method makes.

It depends on how many fish are caught, how much those fish are worth, and how much it costs to go fishing.

Habitat damage is when a fishing method hurts the places where fish and other sea creatures live, like the sea floor or coral reefs.

Bycatch is when a fishing method accidentally catches animals it wasn’t trying to catch, like other fish, dolphins, seabirds, or turtles.

A long fishing line with baited hooks is set horizontally in the water column to catch fish.

Ratings

Effectiveness 3/5
Profitability 3/5
Habitat damage 3/5
Bycatch 3/5

A large net is towed behind a boat, either near the seafloor or midwater, to catch fish.

Ratings

Effectiveness 4/5
Profitability 4/5
Habitat damage 4/5
Bycatch 4/5

Baited pots or creels (traps) are set on the seafloor to catch crustaceans like crabs and lobsters.

Ratings

Effectiveness 3/5
Profitability 3/5
Habitat damage 1/5
Bycatch 1/5

Hand diving is when divers go underwater and collect fish or shellfish by hand from the sea floor or reef.

Ratings

Effectiveness 2/5
Profitability 2/5
Habitat damage 0/5
Bycatch 0/5

A large net is used to encircle a school of fish, and then the bottom of the net is closed to trap the fish.

Ratings

Effectiveness 4/5
Profitability 4/5
Habitat damage 3/5
Bycatch 3/5