Clarke, T.M., Espinoza, M., Ahrens, R. and I.S. Wehrtmann The elasmobranch assemblage associated with the shrimp trawl fishery operating along the Pacific coast of Costa Rica was assessed. Trawl hauls were conducted between August 2008 and August 2012, resulting in the sampling of 4,564 elasmobranchs from 25 species and 13 families. The most commonly caught […]
November 2020
A cross-taxa assessment of pelagic longline bycatch mitigation measures: conflicts and mutual benefits to elasmobranchs | Consortium for Wildlife Bycatch Reduction
GIlman, E., Chaloupka, M., Swimmer, Y. and S. Piovano A literature review of 30 studies was conducted to determine the effectiveness of various bycatch reduction devices for elasmobranchs. The risk of capture was 1.2 times higher on circle hooks but haulbaulk mortality as well as deep hooking was reduced. Wire leaders had higher shark catch […]
An assessment of bycatch reduction devices in Kuwait's shrimp trawl fishery | Consortium for Wildlife Bycatch Reduction
Submitted by morgaac on September 21, 2015 – 13:34 An assessment of bycatch reduction devices in Kuwait’s shrimp trawl fishery SMT caught significantly larger shrimp but not significantly fewer shrimp SMT significantly reduced bycatch
At sea testing of the Popeye Fishbox bycatch reduction device onboard the FV Adelaide Pearl for approval in Australia's northern prawn fishery | Consortium for Wildlife Bycatch Reduction
Australian Fisheries Management Authority PO Box 7051 Canberra BC ACT 2610 Tests were conducted to determine if twin trawl nets containing a Turtle Excluder Device (TED) and a Popeye Fishbox caught less bycatch then nets fitted only with a TED. Nets that had the Popeye Fishbox located 70 meshes from the codend draw strings had […]
Scalloped Hammerhead Shark Declared Overfished in the US Atlantic | Consortium for Wildlife Bycatch Reduction
The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) determined that the scalloped hammerhead shark (Sphyrna lewini), an Atlantic highly migratory species (HMS), is overfished (NOAA 04/28/2011). This finding is based on a stock assessment of the population in US Atlantic waters published by Hayes et al (2009) in the North American Journal of Fisheries Management. His study, completed […]