Broadhurst, M.K. and S.J. Kennelly Composite-panel codend netting decreased catch of non-target species, including commercially important whiting, while increasing catches of prawns in the NSW, Australia oceanic prawn-trawl fishery. Increases in retained octopus and red mullet and discarded eastern blue spot flathead (probably due to their large size) were observed.
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Preservation of juvenile hake (Merluccius merluccius, L.) in the western Mediterranean demersal trawl fishery by using sorting grids | Consortium for Wildlife Bycatch Reduction
Sarda, F., B. Moli, and I. Palomera Sorting grids were found to reduce bycatch of juvenile hake (Merluccius merluccius) in demersal trawl fishery in the western Mediterranean Sea. http://www.icm.csic.es/scimar/pdf/68/sm68n3435.pdf
Experiments in gear configuration to reduce bycatch in an estuarine squid-trawl fishery | Consortium for Wildlife Bycatch Reduction
Scandol, J.P., T.J. Underwood, and M.K. Broadhurst Five codend designs and four behavioral-type bycatch reduction devices were tested to reduce fish bycatch in the broad squid (Photololigo etheridgei) and bottle squid (Loliolus noctiluca) trawl fishery in New South Wales, Australia. Reducing posterior circumference, increasing mesh size, and changing to diamond-shaped mesh did not improve trawl […]