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Mexican SSF bycatch and bycatch reduction technology testing

Metadata Updated: February 28, 2025

Bycatch in net fisheries is recognized as a major source of mortality for many marine species, including sea turtles, sharks and other elasmobranchs, seabirds, and marine mammals. Few mitigation solutions, however, have been identified. We assessed the effectiveness of different sensory based bycatch reduction technologies such as illuminating fishing nets withlight emitting diodes (LEDs) of different wavelengths and using low frequency acoustic alert device to reduce the incidental capture of sea turtles, sharks, seabirds, marine mammals, and juvenile fish. In addition, we examined the effects on target fish catch rates. Experiments were conducted in the demersal, setnet fishery of Bahia de los Angeles and compared pairs of control and experimental nets. With these study showing that various BRTs reduce sea turtle and elasmobranch bycatch (such as sharks and guitarfish), potential new technologies can be used to reduce multi-taxa bycatch . This finding has broad implications for bycatch mitigation in net fisheries given the global ubiquity of net fisheries and the current paucity of bycatch mitigation solutions.

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Metadata Date February 20, 2025
Metadata Created Date October 19, 2024
Metadata Updated Date February 28, 2025
Reference Date(s) (publication)
Frequency Of Update notPlanned

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Harvested from NMFS PIFSC

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Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Date February 20, 2025
Metadata Created Date October 19, 2024
Metadata Updated Date February 28, 2025
Reference Date(s) (publication)
Responsible Party (Point of Contact, Custodian)
Contact Email
Guid gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:47723
Access Constraints Cite As: Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, [Date of Access]: Mexican SSF bycatch and bycatch reduction technology testing [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/47723., Access Constraints: This will at a minimum require signing a PIFSC non-disclosure statement for fisheries confidential data.
Coupled Resource
Frequency Of Update notPlanned
Harvest Object Id 17246681-4c98-47c0-b8b6-3b313e33b8dc
Harvest Source Id c0beac72-5f43-4455-8c33-1b345fbc2dfe
Harvest Source Title NMFS PIFSC
Licence NOAA provides no warranty, nor accepts any liability occurring from any incomplete, incorrect, or misleading data, or from any incorrect, incomplete, or misleading use of the data. It is the responsibility of the user to determine whether or not the data is suitable for the intended purpose.
Lineage Data was collected in collaboration with Mexican governmental agencies, NGOS, Academic institutions, and NOAA and entered in table format into electronic spreadsheets.
Metadata Language eng
Metadata Type geospatial
Progress completed
Spatial Data Service Type
Spatial Reference System
Spatial Harvester True
Temporal Extent Begin 2010-01-01
Temporal Extent End 2017-01-01

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