Field Study 560

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 35.8% and reduced catches of tiger prawns by 6.3%

Effect on bycatch species:

Upward facing TED's reduced sea turtle bycatch by 99%

Bycatch species:

Sea Turtles

Fishing Gear:

Trawls

Reduction technique:

Excluder devices