The Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life at the New England Aquarium, in collaboration with the Global Bycatch Exchange and the National Marine Fisheries Service Office of International Affairs and Seafood Inspection, is pleased to announce the availability of funding to support capacity building in developing countries for reducing marine mammal bycatch. More information
August 2024
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Toothed whale and shark depredation indicators: a case study from the Reunion Island and Sechelles pelagic longline fisheries | Consortium for Wildlife Bycatch Reduction
Fishery data collected from the Reunion Island and Sechelles pelagic longline fisheries (targeting swordfish and tuna) between 2004 and 2015 was used to propose depredation indicators and to assess depredation levels in these fisheries. The interaction rate (depredation) was significantly higher for sharks compared to toothed whales in both fisheries. However, there was a higher […]
Evaluation of a modified scallop dredge's ability to reduce the likelihood of damage to loggerhead sea turtle carcasses | Consortium for Wildlife Bycatch Reduction
In 2003 and 2004 the scallop industry, Coonamessett Farm, and the Virginia Institute of Marine Fisheries, with funding from the NOAA Fisheries Service, successfully tested a series of chains that excluded turtles from entering the dredge bag. In twelve trials, divers videoed the results of placing turtle carcasses in the path of a modified scallop […]
Factors influencing mortality estimates in post-release survival studies. | Consortium for Wildlife Bycatch Reduction
Campana et al. (2009; Mar Ecol Prog Ser 387:241–253) explored the survival of blue sharks (Prionace glauca) captured and released from the North Atlantic commercial longline fishery. We think that their comments and comparisons do not accurately reflect a previous survival study of blue sharks in Hawaii (Moyes et al. 2006; Trans Am Fish Soc […]
Pelagic longline fishing trials to shape a mitigation device of the depredation by toothed whales | Consortium for Wildlife Bycatch Reduction
Two types of depredation mitigation devices (DMD) were designed and tested aboard pelagic longline fishing vessels targeting tunas and swordfish off the Seychelles. The DMD’s were designed to reduce the damage and removal of fish from the fishing gear by predators such as toothed whales and sharks. The first DMD was termed “spider” and was […]