The efficacy of illumination to reduce bycatch of eulachon and groundfishes before trawl capture in the eastern North Pacific ocean shrimp fishery | Consortium for Wildlife Bycatch Reduction

Submitted by lweiss on February 13, 2020 – 11:47

Ocean shrimp (Pandalus jordani) No change in average catch efficiency or length-dependent catch efficiency. Illumination reduced bycatch of eulachon (Thaleichthys pacificus) and yellowtail rockfish (Sebastes flavidus), but did not result in significant changes in the bycatch of other rockfish (Sebastes spp.) and flatfish