A review of dolphin and porpoise bycatch issues in the Southwest of England

Authors:

Northridge, S., A. Mackay, D. Sanderson, R. Woodcock, and A. Kingston

Year:

2004

Journal/Publisher Name:

An occasional report to the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affiars

An excluder device, tested in the United Kingdom bass pair trawl fishery, did not reduce bycatch of common dolphins (Delphinus delphis).
Field Studies:

Location	Fishing gear	Reduction technique	Bycatch species	Effect on bycatch species	Catch	Effect on target catch	Type
United Kingdom	Trawls	Excluder devices	Small Cetaceans (maximum length < 7.5 meters)	Did not reduce bycatch	Bass		In the wild