Record #:

18262

Author(s):

Lee, E-Ching

Abstract:

A problem facing shrimpers when the nets are pulled in is bycatch, or unintended catch. Once the shrimp are brought onboard, shrimpers have to sort through them, and having bycatch, which has to be returned to the ocean, slows down the process. Lee reports on the research of John Broome, a Wilmington-based shrimpers, to create new gear that would allow shrimp to be culled faster and return bycatch to the water faster.

Source:

Coastwatch (NoCar QH 91 A1 N62x), Vol. Issue 5, Holiday 2012, p13-16, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Shrimp fisheries--Bycatches; Shrimping gear--Research