Reduction of seabird bycatch in salmon drift gillnet fisheries: 1995 sockeye/pink salmon fishery final report

Authors
Melvin, E. and L. Conquest
Year
Journal/Publisher Name
Washington Sea Grant Program. Project number A/FP-2(a)
Summary
Opaque mesh netting placed strategically on gillnets decreased bycatch of rhinoceros auklet (Cerorhinca monocerata) and common mure (Uria aalge) seabirds but also decreased catch of target salmon species in the Puget Sound, USA.
Link
http://nsgl.gso.uri.edu/washu/washug95001.pdf