From National Fisherman: Research from the Alaska Fisheries Science Center and United States National Marine Fisheries Service found that the use of multi-object tracking (MOT) inside pollock (Gadus chalcogrammus) trawls to monitor fishing and evaluate salmon excluder performance can inform the design of more selective fishing gear and enable real-time monitoring during fishing. However, more work is needed to create standardized and efficient methods for creating and using the data.
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Featured Bycatch Species
The principal threat to the Irrawaddy dolphin throughout much of its range is accidental entanglement in gillnets (Smith et al 2007).