Field Study 274

Location
Northern Australia
Article
The impact of turtle excluder devices and bycatch reduction devices on diverse tropical marine communities in Australia's northern prawn trawl fishery
Target catch
Prawns
Study Type
Field study in the wild
Effect on target catch
Reduced the proportion of soft and damaged prawns by 41.6% and reduced catches of tiger prawns by 6.5%
Effect on bycatch species
Reduced large sponge catches by 85.3%
Bycatch species
Invertebrates
Fishing Gear
Trawls
Reduction technique
Excluder devices