Design and test of a topless shrimp trawl to reduce pelagic fish bycatch in the Gulf of Maine pink shrimp fishery

Location
Gulf of Maine, United States
Article
Design and test of a topless shrimp trawl to reduce pelagic fish bycatch in the Gulf of Maine pink shrimp fishery
Target catch
Pink shrimp (Pandalus borealis)
Study Type
Field study in the wild
Effect on target catch
Increased 13.5%
Effect on bycatch species
Atlantic herring bycatch decreased 86.6%; flounder spp. bycatch increased by <3%
Bycatch species
Bony Fishes
Juvenile or Non-target fishes (not always specified to species level)
Alosa aestivalis (Blueback herring)
Clupea harengus (Atlantic herring)
Merluccius bilinearis (Silver hake)
Fishing Gear
Trawls
Reduction technique
Excluder devices