Sea Turtles

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Field Study 275

Study Type: 

Field study in the wild

Location: 

Northern Australia

Target catch: 

Prawns

Effect on bycatch species: 

Reduced sea turtle catches by 100%

Effect on target catch: 

Reduced the proportion of soft and damaged prawns by 41.6% and reduced catches of tiger prawns by 6.5%

Article: 

The impact of turtle excluder devices and bycatch reduction devices on diverse tropical marine communities in Australia's northern prawn trawl fishery

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Study Type: 

Field study in the wild

Location: 

off Hawaii

Target catch: 

Swordfish

Effect on bycatch species: 

Leatherback turtle capture rates declined by 83% and loggerhead capture rates declined by 90%

Effect on target catch: 

Swordfish catch increased by 16%, tuna catch decreased by 50%, and mahi-mahi, opah, and wahoo catch decreased by 34%

Article: 

Reducing sea turtle interactions in the Hawaii-based longline swordfish fishery

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Reduction technique: 

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Study Type: 

Field study in the wild

Location: 

off Hawaii

Target catch: 

Swordfish

Effect on bycatch species: 

Highly significant reduction in the proportion of turtles that swallowed hooks

Effect on target catch: 

Swordfish catch increased by 16%, tuna catch decreased by 50%, and mahi-mahi, opah, and wahoo catch decreased by 34%

Article: 

Reducing sea turtle interactions in the Hawaii-based longline swordfish fishery

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