The composite square-mesh panel: a modification to codends for reducing unwanted bycatch and increasing catches of prawns throughout the New South Wales oceanic prawn-trawl fishery

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Citation: Broadhurst, M.K. and S.J. Kennelly, 1997. The composite square-mesh panel: a modification to codends for reducing unwanted bycatch and increasing catches of prawns throughout the New South Wales oceanic prawn-trawl fishery. Fishery Bulletin, 95, ps 653-664.
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Composite-panel codend netting decreased catch of non-target species, including commercially important whiting, while increasing catches of prawns in the NSW, Australia oceanic prawn-trawl fishery. Increases in retained octopus and red mullet and discarded eastern blue spot flathead (probably due to their large size) were observed.
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Location Fishing gear Reduction technique Bycatch species Effect on bycatch species Catch Effect on target catch Type
Australia Trawls Modified codend Bony Fishes Reduced bycatch shrimp Increased target catch In the wild