Field Study 321

Submitted by morgaac on

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 63.2% and reduced catches of tiger prawns by 6.3%

Effect on bycatch species: 

Downward facing TEDs reduced sea turtle catches by 100%

Bycatch species: 

Fishing Gear: 

Reduction technique: