A field experiment using acoustic alarms (pingers) to reduce harbour porpoise by-catch in bottom-set gillnets

Location
southern Skagerrak Sea, Sweden
Article
Target catch
Cod (Gadus morhua) and pollock (Pollachius pollachius)
Study Type
Field study in the wild
Effect on target catch
Did not affect target catch
Effect on bycatch species
No bycatch of harbor porpoise in nets with or without pingers
Reduction technique