Consortium for Wildlife Bycatch Reduction

A network for learning and collaborating on reducing bycatch

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Find references and summaries of bycatch reduction studies and descriptions of bycatch mitigation techniques. 

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Bycatch Reduction Fact Sheets

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Research Supported

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We conduct research on bycatch reduction techniques.

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Global Bycatch Exchange

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Get access to information, global expertise, and become part of the solution.

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News

Several environmental groups are calling for the use of bycatch reduction devices to reduce diamondback terrapin bycatch in Virginia crab pot fisheries.

Here is the Press Release: https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/virginia-petition…

 

 

 

 

A one month cessation of fishing, including the provision of 80% ib lost revenues to fishermen, resulted in keeping the industry alive while reducing thousands of dolphin deaths.

 

See this press coverage of the story: https://www.thecooldown.com/outdoors/dolphin-bycatch-ban-france-fishing/

We are sad to belatedly report on the death of one of the founding members of the Consortium for Wildlife Bycatch Reduction: Professor Kenneth Baldwin of the University of New Hampshire. Ken's obituary can be read by following this link: https://www.seacoastonline.com/obituaries/pprt0802274

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