Significant conservation benefits obtained from the use of a new fishing gear in the Chilean Patagonian toothfish fishery | Consortium for Wildlife Bycatch Reduction

Location

Chile

Article

Target catch

Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides)

Study Type

Field study in the wild

Effect on target catch

CPUE was higher

Effect on bycatch species

Reduced bycatch to zero

Bycatch species

Fishing Gear

Reduction technique