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Sea Grant Test Trawls Reduce Bycatch

Record #:
19378
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Abstract:
Fishermen call it trash fish; fisheries resource managers call it bycatch. Either way, the loss of unintended fish catches (or bycatch) has been a serious fisheries problem in North Carolina. Thus, North Carolina Sea Grant researcher as developing new trawling methods to reduce the number of juvenile fish caught in shrimp nets.
Source:
Coastwatch (NoCar QH 91 A1 N62x), Vol. 17 Issue 7, Aug 1990, p3-6, il, f