Researchers seek to reduce bycatch in groundfish trawling
Wednesday, March 20, 2013 - 05:30
in Mathematics & Economics
(Phys.org) —Researchers working with the groundfish fishing industry in the Pacific Northwest have tested a new "flexible sorting grid excluder" – a type of bycatch reduction device that shows promise to significantly reduce the incidental bycatch of Pacific halibut from commercial bottom trawl fishermen.