December 2022

Turner, H., DeCew, J., Goldsmith, D., and S. Brimlow UNH/U. of Maine Sea Grant College Program This work is the result of research sponsored in part, by the National Sea Grant College Program, NOAA, Department of Commerce, under grant 3NA76RG0084 through the University of New Hampshire/University of Maine Sea Grant College Program. This report describes […]

Entanglement of large baleen whales, including the right (Eubalaena glacialis), fin (Balaenoptera physalus), sei (Balaenoptera borealis), Bryde’s (Balaenoptera brydei), minke (Balaenoptera acutorostrata), and humpback (Megaptera novaeangliae) in fixed fishing gear (e.g. pot and gillnet) is a frequent occurrence along the east coast of the United States and Canada. For right and humpback whales, which have detailed […]

Bycatch management measure for crab pots Virginia, USA is considering a requirement that recreational crab fishers use TEDs in their crab pots to reduce bycatch of terrapins.See: quirephttps://phys.org/news/2025-07-virginia-marine-resources-commission-requiring.html Bycatch management measure for crab pots Virginia, USA is considering a requirement that recreational crab fishers use TEDs in their crab pots to reduce bycatch of terrapins.See: […]

Sato, N., Minami, H., Katsumata, N., Ochi, D. and Yokawa, K. National Research Institute of Far Seas Research 5-7-1 Orido Shimtzu Shtzuoka 424-8633 Japan [email protected] Experiments were conducted aboard pelagic longline vessels in the western North Pacific to determine the effectivness of paired tori lines in reducing seabird bycatch.  Paired tori lines (PT) were compared […]

Shrimp is one of the most valuable fishery resources of Venezuela, with landings about 12 400 t (2007) and worth more than US $35 million. Fishing is carried out along the coast; the industrial trawl fleet used to operate at depths between 10 and 120 m, while fishing with artisanal gears is done close to […]

Pennino, M.G., Rotta, A., Pierce, G.J. and Bellido, J.M. , 2015, Interaction between bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) and trammel nets in the Archipelago de La Maddalena, Italy, Hydrobiologia, v.747, ps 69-82. Marcalo, A., Katara, I., Feijo, D., Araugo, H., Oliveira, I., Santos, J., Ferreira, M., Monteiro, S., Pierce, G.J., Silva, A. and Vingada, J., 2015, […]

Submitted by morgaac on April 21, 2017 – 16:50 Elasmobranch captures in the Fijian pelagic longline fishery 27 species of elasmobranchs were observed caught. Catch rates were higher on J-shaped compared to circle hooks. Blue sharks and pelagic stingrays were the most common shark/ray.

Submitted by morgaac on December 20, 2011 – 10:56 Live bait sank more quickly than dead bait, increasing the exposure of hooks to seabirds but the sink rates of individual live bait species were very variable. With respect to dead bait, those on the 160 g leaded swivel with a distance of 2 m leader […]

Submitted by morgaac on December 19, 2011 – 10:19 Mainlines with a loose configuration reached depth more slowly than tight configurations, allowing more time for seabirds to become incidentally hooked

Robertson, G., Candy, S., Wienecke, B. and Lawton, K. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems G. Robertson, Australian Antarctic Division, Channel Highway, Kingston Tasmania 7050, Australia [email protected] Experiments were conducted aboard pelagic longline vessels off the east coast of Australia to determine the effects of different bait species (blue mackerel, yellow tail mackerel and squid), […]

NWAFC Processed Rep. 88-14. Alaska Fish. Sci. Cent., NMFS, NOAA, Seattle, Washington. Pyrotechnic cracker shells did not deter killer whales (Orcinus orca) from longlines in the Alaskan sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria) fishery. http://www.afsc.noaa.gov/Publications/ProcRpt/PR%2088-14.pdf

van der Hoop, J., Moore, M., Fahlman, A., Bocconcelli, A., George, C. et al. Biology Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Massachusetts, U.S.A [email protected] The kinematics of a tagged entangled North Atlantic right whale, before, during and after disentanglement were examined. Three sets of gear attached to a load-cell tensiometer at multiple speeds were used to […]

Submitted by morgaac on August 24, 2015 – 15:47 Equatorial Atlantic Ocean Bigeye and yellowfin tuna had higher survival rates when circle hooks were used Sailfish, pelagic stingrays, and leatherback sea turtles, had higher catch rates on J-style hooks Bony Fishes Skates/Rays Demochelys coriacea (Leatherback sea turtle)

Yokota, K., Minami, H. and Kiyota, M. Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission National Research Institute of Far Seas Fisheries, Fisheries Research Agency, Japan Two types of tori-lines (tori-line and tori-line light streamer) were tested aboard commercial and research longline vessels in the western North Pacific to determine their effectiveness for seabird avoidance.  The tori-line […]