Fisheries bycatch is the principal threat to many marine mammals. In some cases, bycatch reduction devices have been shown to mitigate the bycatch of non-target species, but the scale of the problem outpaces progress in finding solutions. In particular, bycatch in coastal gillnet fisheries is one of the most immediate threats facing many marine mammal […]
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Gillnet Illumination | Consortium for Wildlife Bycatch Reduction
Illumination of gillnets with a light source such as LED lights or chemical lightsticks. Submitted by morgaac on July 24, 2013 – 15:46 Submitted by Kate McClellan on February 12, 2012 – 21:22 Baja California Sur, Mexico Flatfish and elasmobranchs Chemical light sticks reduced green turtle bycatch by 60% Submitted by Kate McClellan on February […]
Effects of adding sounds to cod traps on the probability of collisions by humpback whales | Consortium for Wildlife Bycatch Reduction
Lien, J., Barney, W., Todd, S., Seton, R. & Guzzwell, J. In Marine Mammal Sensory Systems, pp. 701-8. Thomas, J.A. & Kastelein, R.A. & Supin, A.Y. (eds). Plenum: New York. Cod traps equipped with pingers resulted in a reduction in collisions with humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in Newfoundland, Canada. Traps with alarms caught more fish […]