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Bycatch and the Northern Prawn Fishery, Australia

Written By Salt Water on Wednesday, Jan 13, 2010 | 10:19 PM

 
A short video on the reduction in bycatch due to the use of turtle excluder devices in the Northern Prawn Fishery, Australia. For more about small and large bycatch reduction initiatives in Australian trawl fisheries, check out these links: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trML00qyB0s&feature=plcp http://www.afma.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/At-sea-testing-of-the-witches-hat-bycatch-reduction-device-enhancer-in-the-Northern-Prawn-Fishery.pdf More innovations for trawl fisheries with this UK invention - "escape rings" that light up to help small bycatch escape trawl nets: http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-19418121

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