[[wysiwyg_imageupload:166:]] Researchers at the New England Aquarium (NEAq) work with the Consortium to assess the survivability of bycatch animals. It is extremely stressful for a marine creature to be caught, hauled onto a boat, sorted and then released back into the ocean. Yet, despite a vulnerability to rapid overexploitation, only in recent years has greater research […]
February 2015
How to Use the Database | Consortium for Wildlife Bycatch Reduction
The Database Includes:Citations for studies that pertain to bycatch reduction approaches.Summaries of the findings for each study.Descriptions of bycatch reduction techniques.Descriptions of fishing methods. Links to studies and study authors, where available. How to Search: Users can search the database by fishing gear, bycatch reduction technique, or non-target wildlife group singly or in combination. This […]
Chilean Dolphin | Consortium for Wildlife Bycatch Reduction
Historically, the Chilean dolphin has been hunted both for food and for crab bait (Reeves et al 2008). Although cetaceans are now protected by law in Chile (Torres et al 1979), regulation enforcement is virtually nonexistent and temptation is high for impoverished fishermen to supplement their income by killing dolphins for bait (Dawson 2009; Reeves […]
Conservation Engineering | Consortium for Wildlife Bycatch Reduction
[[wysiwyg_imageupload:165:]] The New England Aquarium collaborates with the Consortium for Wildlife Bycatch Reduction to research and develop new and innovative fishing devices and methods that reduce the threat of bycatch to sea turtles, large whales, sharks and other marine animals. Gillnet Modifications Gillnets are thought to account for the highest volume of total fisheries catch worldwide after trawl and […]
Fishery-Animal Interactions | Consortium for Wildlife Bycatch Reduction
The Consortium for Wildlife Bycatch Reduction conducts research to understand the nature of interactions between endangered non-target species and fishing operations. Short-finned Pilot Whales and False Killer Whales Duke University scientists have been working with longline fishermen within the Cape Hatteras Special Research Area (CHSRA) to study pilot whale (Globicephala spp.) interactions with the longline […]
Analysis of permanent magnets as elasmobranch bycatch reduction devices in hook-and-line longline trials | Consortium for Wildlife Bycatch Reduction
O’Connell, C.P., Abel, D.C., Stroud, E.M. and Rice, P.H. The presence of permanent magnets on hook and line and inshore longline gear was tested for its ability to reduce the bycatch of sharks and rays. Neodymium-iron-boron magnets were affixed to hook and line gear and barium-ferrite magnets were attached to longline gear. Both types of […]