The efficacy of illumination to reduce bycatch of eulachon and groundfishes before trawl capture in the eastern North Pacific ocean shrimp fishery | Consortium for Wildlife Bycatch Reduction

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Oregon, USA

Article

The efficacy of illumination to reduce bycatch of eulachon and groundfishes before trawl capture in the eastern North Pacific ocean shrimp fishery

Target catch

Ocean shrimp (Pandalus jordani)

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The efficacy of illumination to reduce bycatch of eulachon and groundfishes before trawl capture in the eastern North Pacific oc

Study Type

Field study in the wild

Effect on target catch

No change in average catch efficiency or length-dependent catch efficiency.

Effect on bycatch species

Illumination reduced bycatch of eulachon (Thaleichthys pacificus) and yellowtail rockfish (Sebastes flavidus), but did not result in significant changes in the bycatch of other rockfish (Sebastes spp.) and flatfish

Bycatch species

Bony Fishes

Fishing Gear

Trawls

Reduction technique

Visual deterrents