The impact of turtle excluder devices and bycatch reduction devices on diverse tropical marine communities in Australia's northern prawn trawl fishery

Location
Northern Australia
Article
The impact of turtle excluder devices and bycatch reduction devices on diverse tropical marine communities in Australia's northern prawn trawl fishery
Target catch
Prawns
Study Type
Field study in the wild
Effect on target catch
6% reduction, but 41% reduction in soft and damaged prawns
Effect on bycatch species
TEDs and TEDs+BRDs reduced sea turtle bycatch by ~99-100%
Bycatch species
Invertebrates
Sea Turtles
Caretta caretta (Loggerhead turtle)
Natator depressus (Flatback sea turtle)
Chelonia mydas (Green sea turtle)
Lepidochelys olivacea (Olive (Pacific) ridley sea turtle)
Fishing Gear
Trawls
Reduction technique
Excluder devices