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| | NYSG: Bycatch Workshop Proceedings (March 1999) |
 | | Panel members spoke about their experiences with bycatch and how they cope with the problem. | | | The state legislature has historically approached the bycatch issue in a piece-meal approach. | | | Of particular interest is the identification of "success stories" - those modifications in gear or fishing practices which have been demonstrated to reduce the inadvertent capture of non-targeted organisms (i.e. |
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http://www.seagrant.sunysb.edu/pages/BycatchProceedings/BycatchProceedingsPartI.htm
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| | A global assessment of fisheries bycatch and discards |
| | These techniques were developed based upon the physical conditions of the fishery and within a management framework which both encouraged and permitted bycatch levels to be reduced. | | | If a vessel was approaching its bycatch allocation for a certain species, the pressure was really put on the vessel to make the adjustments necessary or leave the fishery when the vessel bycatch allocation was reached. | | | Without such control, other solutions to the bycatch and discard problem will be less effective and real success in our efforts to better manage the ocean's resources much more difficult. |
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http://www.fao.org/DOCREP/003/T4890E/T4890E08.htm
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| | IB324 Development and Implementation of Fisheries Bycatch Monitoring Programs In The Gulf Of Mexico |
| | The study reviews much of the bycatch literature available at the time, and notes the possibilities of reducing bycatch through various methods such as area/time closures, and use of excluder devices. | | | Fishery bycatch also plays a larger role in the overall balance of the Gulf ecosystem when viewed in light of the fate of discards, predator-prey relationships, and environmental quality. | | | Most bycatch research has focused on the commercial shrimp fishery. |
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http://msucares.com/pubs/infobulletins/ib324.htm
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| | Bycatch |
| | In this, as in other responses to bycatch issues, the goal is the same for everyone—fish for the future. | | | One early response to the problem was the inclusion of escape vents and variably spaced laths, or slats, in traps to allow escape of nontarget species. | | | Ongoing research into fish behavior, application of new knowledge to the development and modification of fishing gear, and continued efforts to pinpoint specific bycatch problems should generate practical solutions to this important issue. |
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http://seagrant.gso.uri.edu/factsheets/Bycatch.html
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| | Fishery Bulletin: Magnitude and distribution of sea turtle bycatc... @ HighBeam Research |
| | If environmental conditions associated with high bycatch rates in the Hudson Canyon and Virginia Beach areas are consistent across years, it may be possible to anticipate and deter future interactions from occurring. | | | Appendix 1 Categorical variables examined in an analysis of factors affecting sea turtle bycatch in the sea scallop dredge fishery. | | | During the oceanic phase of their life cycle, sea turtles occupy habitats at specific temperatures or with bathymetric features that concentrate prey and other areas of enhanced productivity (Polovina et al., 2000). |
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http://www.highbeam.com/library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:125227471&refid=holomed_1
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| | A global assessment of fisheries bycatch and discards |
| | Reduction of fish bycatch in shrimp trawl using a rigid separator grid in the aft belly. | | | Effects of bycatch allocations to trawl fisheries for groundfish in the Bering Sea. | | | Gordon, A. The bycatch from Indian shrimp trawlers in the Bay of Bengal: the potential for its improved utilization. |
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http://www.fao.org/DOCREP/003/T4890E/T4890E09.htm
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| | By Catch Summary |
| | TED's have been mandated for several years now, and finfish mortality reductions attributable to soft TED use should be incorporated in the stock assessments for "key" species such as red snapper and weakfish, dependent upon the percent of the trawlers that have used soft TED's over that time period. | | | Subsequently, the Foundation focused its programmatic contribution on four of the eight high-priority objectives outlined in that Plan: | | | More importantly, the workshops provided considerable feedback about BRD's and BRD regulations from the industry. |
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http://www.southeasternfish.org/Documents/bycatch.htm
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| | Understandng Fish Bycatch |
| | Research in a laboratory setting under controlled conditions allows for a systematic investigation of bycatch stressors and furthers our understanding of key principles of bycatch mortality. | | | Fisheries Behavioral Ecology staff inserting sablefish into a net to be towed in the laboratory. | | | Fish experience stress from physiological injury and behavioral deficits that may not be readily apparent to human observers, but may result in significant direct or indirect mortality in discards and escapees. |
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http://www.afsc.noaa.gov/Quarterly/jfm03/feature.htm
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| | Commerce Department Announces National Bycatch Strategy |
| | Supporting bycatch reduction research through the Cooperative Research Partners Initiative in the Northeast which is focused on numerous otter trawl configurations that take advantage of fish behavior in response to the gear; | | | NOAA Fisheries believes this strategy provides the most efficient and effective plan to achieve further success in reducing bycatch. | | | Bycatch is a complex problem that affects many major U.S. fisheries. |
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http://www.publicaffairs.noaa.gov/releases2003/mar03/noaa03023.html
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| | Cetacean Bycatch |
| | Efforts to address bycatch problems in other countries, e.g. | | | The problem of cetacean bycatch is not a hopeless one. | | | However, studies that have been carried out, show that the problem is of monumental proportions. |
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http://www.anglersnet.co.uk/sacn/release07.htm
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| | Salmon Bycatch |
| | It is also important to note that any future salmon bycatch stock composition analysis will be affected by the significant changes in season opening dates. | | | At the outset, the program placed observers on shore-based trawlers and observers at shore-side processing plants, with a 50% rate goal (20% of the shore based vessels carried on-board observers who also observed the landing at the processing plant, an additional 30% of landings at processing plants were also observed). | | | Table 4 summarizes coded wire tag recoveries from at-sea and shorebased processors for 1991 through 1996, and distributes these recoveries by aggregated basins of release. |
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http://hmsc.oregonstate.edu/odfw/finfish/wh/bc/SalBCRpt.html
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| | NOAA Fisheries Feature |
| | NOAA Fisheries relies on a diverse array of partnerships to help reduce fisheries bycatch, and this site contains links to some of our most prominent partners. | | | The goal of the workshop is to provide a better understanding of bycatch issues, identify potential solutions that can reduce bycatch, and enhance ability to measure bycatch. | | | This spreadsheet lists on a month-by-month basis the various activities that NOAA Fisheries is supporting to minimize bycatch in 2005, including regulations, gear research, monitoring programs, international activities, and education and outreach. |
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http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/bycatch.htm
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| | Marine Connection - Bycatch News Archive |
| | The UK has welcomed a commitment by the European Community to an early review of the data on bycatch of small cetaceans in the English Channel and western approaches. | | | Defra have announced that trials of separator grids to reduce the number of dolphins dying as a result of being trapped... | | | Worldwide, bycatch is thought to be the most significant threat to the conservation of dolphins and porpoises. |
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| | Bycatch in Northeast Fisheries: Moving Forward |
| | fish and other marine life to examine specific aspects of bycatch and express their views o | | | Posters must be related to bycatch issues in the northeast region concerning legal, research, management, data, enforcement, science, monitoring and protected species issues. | | | opportunity for northeast constituents with an interest in issues related to bycatch |
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| | By-catch - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Concerns about bycatch have led fishermen and scientists to develop devices they can put on their nets to reduce unwanted catch. | | | Trawl nets in general, and shrimp trawls in particular, have been identified as sources of mortality for species of concern, including cetaceans. | | | Unfortunately for the dolpins, "dolphin friendly" does not mean that dolphins were not killed in the production of a particular tin of tuna, but that the fleet which caught the tuna did not specifically target a feeding pod of dolphins, but relied on other methods to spot tuna schools. |
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| | Marine Mammal bycatch |
| | Journal of Cetacean Research and Management, 1, 123-135. | | | However, deaths from shooting and those associated with fishfarms have not been taken into account and may be significant in some areas. | | | In European waters, there have been a number of studies of such incidental bycatch. |
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| | Cetacean Bycatch Resource Center: Cetacean Bycatch Facts |
| | On the other hand, the cetacean bycatch threat continues unabated in much of the world. | | | These measures are often unpopular with fishermen and can be difficult to enforce. | | | These plans must be developed by a team with representatives from every group with a stake in the problem: fishermen, scientists, fisheries managers and environmental groups, who must work together to find solutions. |
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| | Cetacean bycatch - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | This article related to water-transport is a stub. | | | Cetacean bycatch is the technical term for the incidental capture of non-target species by fisheries. | | | In the case of trawling, they can become entangled in fishing nets and lines. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cetacean_bycatch
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| | Cetacean bycatch, entanglement in fishing gear, marine mammals, whales |
| | Transferring the lessons learned in places where bycatch mitigation approaches have been successful or promising - and even where they have failed - is an important step toward reducing cetacean bycatch on a global scale. | | | While considerable progress has been made over the last decade in stemming bycatch problems in certain fisheries, advances in reducing cetacean mortality in fisheries have remained relatively localized and therefore have had limited impact on the problem worldwide. | | | If this is your first visit, please read more about the Resource Center and take a minute to explore the resources being assembled on this site. |
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| | Bycatch Gulf |
| | Prohibition of trawl in Habitat Areas of Particular Concern (1984) | | | Turtle excluder device regulations (1989-1994), bycatch reduction device regulations (1997) | | | NA for spear and powerhead; trawl bycatch includes finfish, invertebrates, coral, and other benthic species |
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| | Dolphin 'bycatch' death evidence Greenpeace International |
| | The total number of 'bycatch' deaths could be as high as 10,000. | | | The Esperanza is currently touring UK fisheries where dolphins might be threatened to highlight the issue of 'bycatch'. | | | Fishermen deliberately mutilate some bycatch victims, attempting to make the animals sink. |
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| | Marine Connection - What Is Bycatch? |
| | Bycatch relates to any animal which is not the target species of the fishery or which is surplus to quotas on size or catch. | | | As most fisheries are not discriminatory enough to just catch the target species, all methods produce a level of bycatch. | | | How you can help support this vital campaign |
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| | European Cetacean Bycatch Campaign homepage |
| | You can help the European Cetacean Bycatch Campaign prevent these needless deaths ~ all you have to do is to send an e-mail or letter. | | | You can also help by signing our Online Petition. | | | The Directors of the European Cetacean Bycatch Campaign, Alan and Mary Stuart, are members of the Partnership for Action Against Wildlife Crime, and are represented on the Marine Wildlife Enforcement Working Group. |
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| | Planet Ark : Fish nets threaten whale species, WWF seeks action |
| | Read, who jointly led the study into marine mammals, or cetaceans, said experience had shown it was possible to reduce mortality of endangered species while keeping fishing viable. | | | "This level of bycatch is significantly depleting and disrupting many populations of whales, dolphins and porpoises which will lead to the loss of several species in the next few decades if nothing is done," said Andrew Read, co-chair of the WWF's Cetacean Bycatch Task Force, in a statement. | | | The WWF said both would help alleviate the bycatch problem which particularly hits smaller cetaceans, too weak to break free from nets. |
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http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/21191/story.htm
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| | ReefGuardian's list of petitions to protect coral reefs |
| | Further delays and additional scientific studies are not required to justify and implement the use of BRDs in the eastern Gulf of Mexico. | | | Petition For a 20-Year Extension of the Oculina Research Reserve | | | We need your sign-on to this petition to show the South Atlantic Council that there's strong public support for the continued protection of this irreplaceable resource. |
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| | Ocean Sunfish.org Molidae information and research |
| | Mola mola is the most common bycatch of the drift net fishery, which targets broadbill swordfish of California and Oregon. | | | According to reports from the National Marine Fisheries Society Southwest Region, between 1990-1998, 26.1% of the drift net catch consisted of the common mola, which translates to a catch of 26,503 individuals. | | | Fugu, molas do not carry the deadly neurotoxin, tetratrodotoxin (Saito et al 1991). |
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