Reduction and mitigation of the catch of elasmobranchs, sea turtles, and any other vulnerable marine species (e.g. marine mammals) incidentally captured by trawlers along the Turkish coast | Consortium for Wildlife Bycatch Reduction

Location

Northern Levant Sea, Türkiye

Article

Reduction and mitigation of the catch of elasmobranchs, sea turtles, and any other vulnerable marine species (e.g. marine mammals) incidentally captured by trawlers along the Turkish coast

Target catch

Shrimp (Aristaeomorpha foliacea and Aristeus antennatus)

Study Type

Field study in the wild

Effect on target catch

A. antennatus catch reduced by 28.8%, A. foliacea catch reduced by 15.4%

Effect on bycatch species

Etmopterus spinax - 50 mm grid - bycatch reduced by 45.3%; Galeus melastomus - 50 mm grid - bycatch reduced by 68.8%; Saurida lessepsianus - 95mm grid, bycatch reduced by 86.1%; Upeneus moluccensis - 95 mm grid, bycatch reduced by 28.4%

Bycatch species

Fishing Gear

Reduction technique