Field Study 275

Article:

The impact of turtle excluder devices and bycatch reduction devices on diverse tropical marine communities in Australia's northern prawn trawl fishery

Northern Australia

Target catch:

Prawns

Study Type:

Field study in the wild

Effect on target catch:

Reduced the proportion of soft and damaged prawns by 41.6% and reduced catches of tiger prawns by 6.5%

Effect on bycatch species:

Reduced sea turtle catches by 100%

Reduction technique:

Excluder devices

Bycatch species:

Sea Turtles

Fishing Gear:

Trawls