Fishery Animal Interactions

Understanding interactions between non-target species and fishing operations

Dynamics of Large Whale Entanglements in Fixed Fishing Gear

Efforts to eliminate threats to large whales from entanglements in fishing gear
Partners:
Anderson Cabot Center for Marine Life, University of New Hampshire, Bellequant Engineering
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North Atlantic Right Whale Vision

Studies of North Atlantic right whale vision and behavior when exposed to different colors are helping to identify the potential of visually enhanced fishing gear to increase bycatch avoidance.
Partners:
Kean University, Anderson Cabot Center for Marine Life
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Elasmobranch Bycatch Reduction

A review of the physiology and behaviors of sharks to inform the selection of potential bycatch reduction techniques, and how they might be implemented effectively.
Partners:
University of California-Los Angeles, New England Aquarium, Ocean Classrooms, Shark Advocates International, NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center
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Case Studies in North Atlantic Right Whale Fishing Gear Entanglements

Studying actual whale entanglement cases to identify promising bycatch reduction measures
Partners:
Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies,
Partners:
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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Cetacean Bycatch in Longlines

The Consortium is engaged in studies focused on reducing cetacean bycatch in longline fisheries, including short-finned pilot whales in North Carolina pelagic longlines.
Partners:
Duke University, University of North Carolina-Wilmington
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Habitat Use by Loggerhead Sea Turtles

Under this project the habitat use of loggerhead sea turtles was studied in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina, to see the extent to which they interact with gillnet fishing gear.
Partners:
Duke University
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