At-sea testing and assessment of the John Thomas bigeye turtle excluder device as an approved TED for Australia's northern prawn fishery

Location
Australia
Article
At-sea testing and assessment of the John Thomas bigeye turtle excluder device as an approved TED for Australia's northern prawn fishery
Target catch
Tiger and endeavour prawns (Peneaus and Metapenaeus sp.)
Study Type
Field study in the wild
Effect on target catch
Both designs increased prawn catch
Effect on bycatch species
Did not reduce bycatch of turtles and large sharks/rays. JT2 design reduced finfish bycatch
Bycatch species
Elasmobranchs
Sharks
Skates/Rays
Sea Turtles
Bony Fishes
Juvenile or Non-target fishes (not always specified to species level)
Fishing Gear
Trawls
Reduction technique
Excluder devices