Rare earth metals (made of cerium mischmetal) were compared with control treatments of standard circle hooks and inert steel above circle hooks on longline fishing gear to determine if bycatch reduction of spiny dogfish could be achieved. Results indicated a slight reduction in dogfish bycatch and a greater reduction in catch of longnose skate on […]
February 2025
New funding is available under the Global Fund for Marine Mammal Bycatch Solutions | Consortium for Wildlife Bycatch Reduction
Ocean Associates, Inc., in collaboration with the Consortium for Wildlife Bycatch Reduction and with funding from the National Marine Fisheries Service Office of International Affairs and Seafood Inspection, is pleased to announce the availability of grants to support capacity building for reducing marine mammal bycatch. The kinds of projects eligible for support can include: 1) Evaluation of […]
Effects of adding sounds to cod traps on the probability of collisions by humpback whales | Consortium for Wildlife Bycatch Reduction
Cod traps equipped with pingers resulted in a reduction in collisions with humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in Newfoundland, Canada. Traps with alarms caught more fish than traps without alarms.
Tests of artificial light for bycatch reduction in an ocean shrimp (Pandalus jordani) trawl: Strong but opposite effects at the footrope and near the bycatch reduction device | Consortium for Wildlife Bycatch Reduction
Artificial lights were attached to each the rigid-grate BRD and fishing lines in trawls for ocean shrimp (Pandalus jordani) off Oregon. Bycatch of eulachon (Thaleichthys pacificus), a threatened anadromous smelt species, was reduced on trawls with lights on the fishing lines as it was for slender sole (Lyopsetta exilis) and darkblotched rockfish (Sebastes crameri), without […]
Study on the catch, bycatch and discard of Chinese pelagic longline fisheries in the Atlantic Ocean | Consortium for Wildlife Bycatch Reduction
This study analyzed Chinese pelagic tuna longline observer data from 2010 to 2018 to determine catch composition of Atlantic targeting bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus) and bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus), as well as the status and discard rate common bycatch species. A total of 55 species were observed as bycatch, and the most common was shark […]