Tropical prawn trawl bycatch of fish and seasnakes reduced by yarrow fisheye bycatch reduction device

Authors
Heales, D.S., Gregor, R., Wakeford, J., Wang, Y.G., Yarrow, J. , Milton, D.A.
Year
Journal/Publisher Name
Fisheries Research
Volume (Issue #)
89/1
Page #s
76-83
Contact information
don.heales@csiro.au
+617 3286 7145
Summary
The yarrow fisheye bycatch reduction device reduced the weight of small bycatch by an average of 22.7% and the number of seasnakes caught by an average of 43.3%, with no loss of tiger prawn.