The composite square-mesh panel Study Type: Field study in the wildLocation: AustraliaTarget catch: shrimpEffect on bycatch species: Reduced bycatchEffect on target catch: Increased target catchArticle: 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 Bycatch species: Bony FishesReduction technique: Excluder devicesFishing Gear: Trawls
Study Type: Field study in the wildLocation: HawaiiTarget catch: Bigeye tunaEffect on bycatch species: Reduced bycatchEffect on target catch: Increased target catch Bycatch species: Bony FishesReduction technique: Deep setsFishing Gear: Hooks-and-Lines
Field Study Study Type: Field study in the wildLocation: Faroe IslandsTarget catch: Blue whitingEffect on bycatch species: Reduced bycatchEffect on target catch: Decreased target catch by 1% Bycatch species: Bony FishesReduction technique: Excluder devicesFishing Gear: Trawls
Field Study Study Type: Field study in the wildLocation: AustraliaTarget catch: Shrimp and scallopEffect on bycatch species: Reduced bycatchEffect on target catch: Did not affect target catchArticle: Benefits of square mesh codends in Queenslands scallop and prawn trawl fisheries Bycatch species: Bony FishesReduction technique: Excluder devicesFishing Gear: Trawls
Experiments in gear configuration to reduce bycatch in an estuarine squid-trawl fishery Study Type: Field study in the wildLocation: AustraliaTarget catch: SquidEffect on bycatch species: Variable results, see summaryEffect on target catch: Did not affect target catchArticle: Experiments in gear configuration to reduce bycatch in an estuarine squid-trawl fishery Bycatch species: Bony FishesReduction technique: Excluder devicesFishing Gear: Trawls
Preservation of juvenile hake (Merluccius merluccius, L.) in the western Mediterranean demersal trawl fishery by using sorting grids Study Type: Field study in the wildLocation: Mediterranean SeaTarget catch: Bigeye tunaEffect on bycatch species: Reduced bycatch of juvenile hakeArticle: Preservation of juvenile hake (Merluccius merluccius, L.) in the western Mediterranean demersal trawl fishery by using sorting grids Bycatch species: Bony FishesReduction technique: Excluder devicesFishing Gear: Trawls