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Experiments in the Western Atlantic Northeast Distant Waters to Evaluate Sea Turtle Mitigation Measures in the Pelagic Longline Fishery. Report on Experiments Conducted in 2001

Study Type
Field study in the wild
Location
Atlantic
Target catch
Swordfish and tuna
Effect on bycatch species
Did not reduce bycatch
Bycatch species
Caretta caretta (Loggerhead turtle)
Demochelys coriacea (Leatherback sea turtle)
Reduction technique
Dyed bait
Fishing Gear
Hooks-and-Lines

Experiments in the Western Atlantic Northeast Distant Waters to Evaluate Sea Turtle Mitigation Measures in the Pelagic Longline Fishery. Report on Experiments Conducted in 2001

Study Type
Field study in the wild
Location
Atlantic
Target catch
Swordfish and tuna
Effect on bycatch species
Did not reduce bycatch
Bycatch species
Caretta caretta (Loggerhead turtle)
Demochelys coriacea (Leatherback sea turtle)
Reduction technique
Dyed bait
Fishing Gear
Hooks-and-Lines

Experiments in the Western Atlantic Northeast Distant Waters to Evaluate Sea Turtle Mitigation Measures in the Pelagic Longline Fishery. Report on Experiments Conducted in 2001

Study Type
Field study in the wild
Location
Atlantic
Target catch
Swordfish and tuna
Effect on bycatch species
Did not reduce bycatch
Bycatch species
Caretta caretta (Loggerhead turtle)
Demochelys coriacea (Leatherback sea turtle)
Reduction technique
Dyed bait
Fishing Gear
Hooks-and-Lines

Experiments in the Western Atlantic Northeast Distant Waters to Evaluate Sea Turtle Mitigation Measures in the Pelagic Longline Fishery. Report on Experiments Conducted in 2001

Study Type
Field study in the wild
Location
Atlantic
Target catch
Swordfish and tuna
Effect on bycatch species
Did not reduce bycatch
Bycatch species
Caretta caretta (Loggerhead turtle)
Demochelys coriacea (Leatherback sea turtle)
Reduction technique
Dyed bait
Fishing Gear
Hooks-and-Lines

Nylon barium sulphate gillnet reduces porpoise and seabird mortality

Study Type
Field study in the wild
Location
Canada
Target catch
Multiple species
Effect on bycatch species
Reduced harbor porpoise bycatch
Effect on target catch
No difference in catch
Bycatch species
Small Cetaceans (maximum length < 7.5 meters)
Phocoena phocoena (Harbor porpoise)
Seabirds
Reduction technique
Metal oxide/barium sulfate nets
Fishing Gear
Gillnets

Nylon barium sulphate gillnet reduces porpoise and seabird mortality

Study Type
Field study in the wild
Location
Canada
Target catch
Multiple species
Effect on bycatch species
Reduced harbor porpoise bycatch
Effect on target catch
No difference in catch
Bycatch species
Small Cetaceans (maximum length < 7.5 meters)
Phocoena phocoena (Harbor porpoise)
Seabirds
Reduction technique
Metal oxide/barium sulfate nets
Fishing Gear
Gillnets

Nylon barium sulphate gillnet reduces porpoise and seabird mortality

Study Type
Field study in the wild
Location
Canada
Target catch
Multiple species
Effect on bycatch species
Reduced harbor porpoise bycatch
Effect on target catch
No difference in catch
Bycatch species
Small Cetaceans (maximum length < 7.5 meters)
Phocoena phocoena (Harbor porpoise)
Seabirds
Reduction technique
Metal oxide/barium sulfate nets
Fishing Gear
Gillnets

Nylon barium sulphate gillnet reduces porpoise and seabird mortality

Study Type
Field study in the wild
Location
Canada
Target catch
Multiple species
Effect on bycatch species
Reduced harbor porpoise bycatch
Effect on target catch
No difference in catch
Bycatch species
Small Cetaceans (maximum length < 7.5 meters)
Phocoena phocoena (Harbor porpoise)
Seabirds
Reduction technique
Metal oxide/barium sulfate nets
Fishing Gear
Gillnets

Nylon barium sulphate gillnet reduces porpoise and seabird mortality

Study Type
Field study in the wild
Location
Canada
Target catch
Multiple species
Effect on bycatch species
Reduced harbor porpoise bycatch
Effect on target catch
No difference in catch
Bycatch species
Small Cetaceans (maximum length < 7.5 meters)
Phocoena phocoena (Harbor porpoise)
Seabirds
Reduction technique
Metal oxide/barium sulfate nets
Fishing Gear
Gillnets

Target strength of a nylon monofilament and an acoustically enhanced gillnet: predictions of biosonar detection ranges

Study Type
Field study in the wild
Location
Captivity
Target catch
Trout
Effect on bycatch species
Increased detectability
Bycatch species
Small Cetaceans (maximum length < 7.5 meters)
Phocoena phocoena (Harbor porpoise)
Reduction technique
Metal oxide/barium sulfate nets
Fishing Gear
Gillnets

Target strength of a nylon monofilament and an acoustically enhanced gillnet: predictions of biosonar detection ranges

Study Type
Field study in the wild
Location
Captivity
Target catch
Trout
Effect on bycatch species
Increased detectability
Bycatch species
Small Cetaceans (maximum length < 7.5 meters)
Phocoena phocoena (Harbor porpoise)
Reduction technique
Metal oxide/barium sulfate nets
Fishing Gear
Gillnets

Target strength of a nylon monofilament and an acoustically enhanced gillnet: predictions of biosonar detection ranges

Study Type
Field study in the wild
Location
Captivity
Target catch
Trout
Effect on bycatch species
Increased detectability
Bycatch species
Small Cetaceans (maximum length < 7.5 meters)
Phocoena phocoena (Harbor porpoise)
Reduction technique
Metal oxide/barium sulfate nets
Fishing Gear
Gillnets

Target strength of a nylon monofilament and an acoustically enhanced gillnet: predictions of biosonar detection ranges

Study Type
Field study in the wild
Location
Captivity
Target catch
Trout
Effect on bycatch species
Increased detectability
Bycatch species
Small Cetaceans (maximum length < 7.5 meters)
Phocoena phocoena (Harbor porpoise)
Reduction technique
Metal oxide/barium sulfate nets
Fishing Gear
Gillnets

The composite square-mesh panel: a modification to codends for reducing unwanted bycatch and increasing catches of prawns throughout the New South Wales oceanic prawn-trawl fishery

Study Type
Field study in the wild
Location
Australia
Target catch
shrimp
Effect on bycatch species
Reduced bycatch
Effect on target catch
Increased target catch
Bycatch species
Bony Fishes
Reduction technique
Excluder devices
Fishing Gear
Trawls

The composite square-mesh panel: a modification to codends for reducing unwanted bycatch and increasing catches of prawns throughout the New South Wales oceanic prawn-trawl fishery

Study Type
Field study in the wild
Location
Australia
Target catch
shrimp
Effect on bycatch species
Reduced bycatch
Effect on target catch
Increased target catch
Bycatch species
Bony Fishes
Reduction technique
Excluder devices
Fishing Gear
Trawls

The composite square-mesh panel: a modification to codends for reducing unwanted bycatch and increasing catches of prawns throughout the New South Wales oceanic prawn-trawl fishery

Study Type
Field study in the wild
Location
Australia
Target catch
shrimp
Effect on bycatch species
Reduced bycatch
Effect on target catch
Increased target catch
Bycatch species
Bony Fishes
Reduction technique
Excluder devices
Fishing Gear
Trawls
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