The composite square-mesh panel

Australia

Article:

The composite square-mesh panel: a modification to codends for reducing unwanted bycatch and increasing catches of prawns throughout the New South Wales oceanic prawn-trawl fishery

Target catch:

shrimp

Study Type:

Field study in the wild

Effect on target catch:

Increased target catch

Effect on bycatch species:

Reduced bycatch

Bycatch species:

Bony Fishes

Fishing Gear:

Trawls

Reduction technique:

Excluder devices