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Submitted by Kate McClellan on March 25, 2013 – 16:30 A new review of marine mammal bycatch in gillnet fisheries from 1990 to 2011 has been published in the open access journal, Endangered Species Research, in a theme section on Techniques for reducing bycatch of marine mammals in gillnets. Efforts to look at marine mammal bycatch on […]

Lomeli, M.J.M. and Wakefield, W.W. NMFS Northwest Fisheries Science Center Report A flexible sorting grid designed by industry was tested in the US west coast groundfish trawl fishery for its ability to reduce bycatch. The flexible sorting grid was made within a four-seam tube of netting, 50 meshes deep and 88 meshes in circumference. The […]

Lomeli, M.J.M. and Wakefield, W.W. NMFS Northwest Fisheries Science Center Report A flexible sorting grid was tested in the US west coast groundfish trawl fishery for its ability to reduce the bycatch of rockfish, sablefish and Pacific halibut without reducing catches of targeted flatfish. The grid works by allowing fish smaller than it to enter […]

Constantine, R., Johnson, M., Riekkola, L., Jervis, S., Kozmian-Ledward, L., Dennis, T., Torres, L.G. and N. Aguilar de Soto Corresponding author at: School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland 1142, New Zealand. Tel.: +64 9 923 5093. E-mail: [email protected] Bryde’s whale (Balaenoptera edeni) behavior was studied using suction-cup attached tags. Behavior […]

Lien, J., Barney, W., Todd, S., Seton, R. & Guzzwell, J., 1992, Effects of adding sounds to cod traps on the probability of collisions by humpback whales, In Marine Mammal Sensory Systems, pp. 701-8. Thomas, J.A. & Kastelein, R.A. & Supin, A.Y. (eds). Plenum: New York.. Dahlheim, M.E., 1988, Killer whale (Orcinus orca) depredation on […]

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. See attached documents […]

Fisheries bycatch is the principal threat to many marine mammals. In some cases, bycatch reduction devices have been shown to mitigate the bycatch of non-target species, but the scale of the problem outpaces progress in finding solutions. In particular, bycatch in coastal gillnet fisheries is one of the most immediate threats facing many marine mammal […]

Roe, J.H., Morreale, S.J., Paladino, F.V., Shillinger, G.L., Benson, S.R., Eckert, S.A., Bailey, H., Tomillo, P.S., Bograd, S.J., Eguchi, T., Dutton, P.H., Seminoff, J.A., Block, B.A., Spotila, J.R. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Use-intensity distributions for 135 satellite-tracked adult leatherback turtles were combined with longline fishing effort to estimate predicted bycatch risk over space […]

Type Species Distribution Population Bycatch Threat IUCN Status White-chinned petrel Bird Procellaria aequinoctialis Southern Ocean between the tropics and Antarctica ~ 3 million Longlines, trawls, gillnets Vulnerable Black-browed albatross Bird Thalassarche melanophrys Subtropical to polar waters 1.15 million (593,447 breeding pairs) Longlines, trawls Endangered Chatham Albatross Bird Thalassarche eremita Southeast Pacific; breeds only in a […]

The Consortium for Wildlife Bycatch Reduction consists of Blue Water Fishermen’s Association, Duke University, Maine Lobstermen’s Association, New England Aquarium, and University of New Hampshire. Administered out of the New England Aquarium, the Consortium supports collaborative research between scientists and the fishing industry to identify practical bycatch reduction solutions for endangered species. The Consortium’s  focus is […]

Most bycatch reduction techniques so far implemented around the world have been in commercial fisheries within developed countries, which have relatively strong regulatory and enforcement capacity, and that generally can absorb increased expenses or reduced revenue from regulated modifications to fishing methods. For several years, the NEAq has been working with local fishermen, the Argentinian […]

Submitted by mcho on June 28, 2018 – 11:33 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 […]

Many species of elasmobranchs (sharks and rays) are incidentally caught in pelagic longline fisheries. Sometimes shark bycatch exceeds the amount of target fish that is caught (e.g. tuna).  An array of recent studies have shown that some species of sharks have an aversion resonse to certain electromagnetic metals, alloys, and strong magnets. This is a […]

The Consortium supports collaborative research between science and the fishing industry to identify practical bycatch reduction solutions for endangered species. Research and development of bycatch reduction devices. Understanding interactions between non-target species and fishing operations Reducing bycatch by changing policy