Mitigation of harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) by-catch in the gillnet fishery in the lower Bay of Fundy | Consortium for Wildlife Bycatch Reduction

Submitted by morgaac on November 30, 2016 – 17:19

Atlantic cod, Atlantic herring, pollock There was no significant difference in catch rates when alarms were and were not used. There was a 77% reduction in porpoise bycatch when acoustic alarms were used.

• Phocoena phocoena (Harbor porpoise)