Sea Snakes | Consortium for Wildlife Bycatch Reduction

Field Study 295

Study Type:

Field study in the wild

Location:

Northern Australia

Target catch:

Prawns

Effect on bycatch species:

Reduced the number of sea snakes caught by 87% when the Popeye Fishbox was placed 70 meshes from codend (no analysis was done when the device was placed 100 meshes from codend draw strings)

Effect on target catch:

Did not significantly reduce the catch of prawns

Article:

At sea testing of the Popeye Fishbox bycatch reduction device onboard the FV Adelaide Pearl for approval in Australia's northern prawn fishery

Bycatch species:

Sea Snakes

Reduction technique:

Excluder devices

Fishing Gear:

Trawls