Successful collaborative trials of simple gear modifications to reduce entanglement of whales and other megafauna in Scotland’s static pot (creel) fisheries

Location
Skye, Scotland
Article
Successful collaborative trials of simple gear modifications to reduce entanglement of whales and other megafauna in Scotland’s static pot (creel) fisheries
Target catch
Crustaceans (langoustine & crab)
Study Type
Field study in the wild
Effect on target catch
None reported
Effect on bycatch species
Not investigated
Bycatch species
Large Cetaceans (maximum length > 7.5 meters)
Balaenoptera acutostrata (Minke whale)
Megaptera novaeangliae (Humpback whale)
Elasmobranchs
Sharks
Cetorhinus maximus (Basking shark)
Fishing Gear
Pots
Reduction technique
Sinking groundline