Upcycled glass and plastic bottles offer potential low-cost mitigation to megafauna bycatch in gillnet fisheries

Location
Salaverry, Peru
Article
Target catch
Elasmobranchs, dolphinfish (Coryphaena sp.), billfish (Xiphias sp.), and bonito (Sarda sp.)
Study Type
Field study in the wild
Effect on target catch
No significant difference using plastic bottles, catch of target elasmobranchs was significantly reduced when using glass bottles
Effect on bycatch species
No significant difference between control and glass and control and plastic bottles
Reduction technique