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
~5% fewer in nets with TED+BRD compared w/ control; TED only or BRD only did not differ from control
Bycatch species
Sea Snakes
Hydrophis elegans (Elegant sea snake)
Hydrophis hardwickii (Spine-bellied sea snake)
Hydrophis major (Olive-headed sea snake)
Fishing Gear
Trawls
Reduction technique
Excluder devices