Looming-eyes buoys fail to reduce seabird bycatch in the Icelandic lumpfish fishery: depth-based fishing restrictions are an alternative

Location
Húnaflói Bay, northern Iceland
Article
Looming-eyes buoys fail to reduce seabird bycatch in the Icelandic lumpfish fishery: depth-based fishing restrictions are an alternative
Target catch
Icelandic lumpfish
Study Type
Field study in the wild
Effect on target catch
No effect, but a strong correlation between bycatch rates and net depth was observed, suggesting that fishing below 50m only would highly reduce seabird bycatch
Effect on bycatch species
no effect
Bycatch species
Seabirds
Fishing Gear
Gillnets
Reduction technique
Reflective/colored buoys