Tropical prawn trawl bycatch of fish and seasnakes reduced by yarrow fisheye bycatch reduction device

Authors
Heales, D.S., Gregor, R., Wakeford, J., Wang, Y.G., Yarrow, J. , Milton, D.A.
Year
Journal/Publisher Name
Fisheries Research
Volume (Issue #)
89/1
Page #s
76-83
Contact information
don.heales@csiro.au
+617 3286 7145
Summary
The yarrow fisheye bycatch reduction device reduced the weight of small bycatch by an average of 22.7% and the number of seasnakes caught by an average of 43.3%, with no loss of tiger prawn.

Field Studies

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Study Type
Field study in the wild
Location
Australia
Target catch
Tiger prawn
Effect on bycatch species
reduced mean weight of small bycatch and mean number of seasnakes caught
Effect on target catch
no loss of tiger prawns
Bycatch species
Sea Snakes
Reduction technique
Excluder devices
Fishing Gear
Trawls