Field Experiments Show That Acoustic Pingers Reduce Marine Mammal Bycatch in the California Drift Gill Net Fishery

Location
California, United States
Article
Target catch
Broadbill swordfish (Xiphias gladius), common thresher shark (Alopias vulpinus), and shortfin mako shark (Isurus oxyrinchus
Study Type
Field study in the wild
Effect on target catch
Did not affect catch
Effect on bycatch species
Reduced bycatch
Reduction technique