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This study examined the effectiveness of various sizes of guarding nets to reduce bycatch (specifically crustaceans) in cuttlefish trammel net fisheries. All nets did siginificantly reduce crustacean capture, notably spider crabs, but only the smaller mesh guarding net (20mm instead of 40mm) had no significant impact on target cuttlefish catch. However, guardnets may benefit fishers overall by avoiding later delays in disentangling bycatch and damage to gear. 

This study examined the effectiveness of various sizes of guarding nets to reduce bycatch (specifically crustaceans) in cuttlefish trammel net fisheries. All nets did siginificantly reduce crustacean capture, notably spider crabs, but only the smaller mesh guarding net (20mm instead of 40mm) had no significant impact on target cuttlefish catch. However, guardnets may benefit fishers overall by avoiding later delays in disentangling bycatch and damage to gear. 

This study examined the effectiveness of various sizes of guarding nets to reduce bycatch (specifically crustaceans) in cuttlefish trammel net fisheries. All nets did siginificantly reduce crustacean capture, notably spider crabs, but only the smaller mesh guarding net (20mm instead of 40mm) had no significant impact on target cuttlefish catch. However, guardnets may benefit fishers overall by avoiding later delays in disentangling bycatch and damage to gear. 

This study investigated 11 different longline hook sizes to increase catch of nemipterid fisheries  while reducing bycatch in the Phillippines. The largest hook demonstrated the lowest catch in count and weight, but did catch larger individual fish. Middle-sized hooks led to higher target catch, but also higher bycatch. The authors suggest that larger hooks would increase individual catch sizes and reduce bycatch, and that regulation of hook sizes is essential for for sustainable fishery management.

This study tested the use of an excluder grid with 90mm bar spacing to reduce bycatch of blackmouth catshark (Galeus melastomus) in  demersal trawl fisheries in the Mediterannean. The 90mm excluder grid was not very efficient in reducing blackmouth catshark bycatch because only the larger individuals were excluded, and the target catches of greater forkbeard fish (Phycis blennoides) and (to a lesser extent) Norwegian lobster (N. norvegicus) was reduced.

This study tested the use of an excluder grid with 90mm bar spacing to reduce bycatch of blackmouth catshark (Galeus melastomus) in  demersal trawl fisheries in the Mediterannean. The 90mm excluder grid was not very efficient in reducing blackmouth catshark bycatch because only the larger individuals were excluded, and the target catches of greater forkbeard fish (Phycis blennoides) and (to a lesser extent) Norwegian lobster (N. norvegicus) was reduced.

This study tested the use of an excluder grid with 90mm bar spacing to reduce bycatch of blackmouth catshark (Galeus melastomus) in  demersal trawl fisheries in the Mediterannean. The 90mm excluder grid was not very efficient in reducing blackmouth catshark bycatch because only the larger individuals were excluded, and the target catches of greater forkbeard fish (Phycis blennoides) and (to a lesser extent) Norwegian lobster (N. norvegicus) was reduced.

This study tested the use of an excluder grid with 90mm bar spacing to reduce bycatch of blackmouth catshark (Galeus melastomus) in  demersal trawl fisheries in the Mediterannean. The 90mm excluder grid was not very efficient in reducing blackmouth catshark bycatch because only the larger individuals were excluded, and the target catches of greater forkbeard fish (Phycis blennoides) and (to a lesser extent) Norwegian lobster (N. norvegicus) was reduced.

This study tested the use of an excluder grid with 90mm bar spacing to reduce bycatch of blackmouth catshark (Galeus melastomus) in  demersal trawl fisheries in the Mediterannean. The 90mm excluder grid was not very efficient in reducing blackmouth catshark bycatch because only the larger individuals were excluded, and the target catches of greater forkbeard fish (Phycis blennoides) and (to a lesser extent) Norwegian lobster (N. norvegicus) was reduced.