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
Nets with TED+BRDs and only TEDs reduced large-sized sponge catch by ~85%. No change using BRDs only.
Bycatch species
Corals, sponges, other benthic invertebrates (not specified to species level)
Fishing Gear
Trawls
Reduction technique
Excluder devices