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Researchers use sonar to study fishing techniques that improve selectivity and reduce bycatch. (Photo library: NOAA)
NOAA supports technical solutions to bycatch reduction
(UNITED STATES, 9/1/2016)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries is awarding more than USD 2.4 million to partners around the country to support innovative bycatch reduction research projects through its Bycatch Reduction Engineering Program (BREP).
Reducing bycatch is a key part of NOAA’s efforts to maintain sustainable fisheries and conserve and recover protected species.
BREP provides critical funding to key partners to develop technological solutions and changes in fishing practices that decrease the bycatch of fish and protected species or minimize injury to marine life.
“By working side-by-side with fishermen and our partners, this program has been able to develop smart solutions that keep unwanted, unusable or protected species in the water, while increasing the catch of species fishermen are looking to harvest,” said Eileen Sobeck, assistant NOAA administrator for fisheries.
Ongoing projects supported by BREP funding are the following:
- Create an enhanced communication network and real-time maps to allow longfin squid fishermen to avoid butterfish “hot spots” and reduce bycatch by 54 percent in the Northeast;
- Reduce bycatch of the endangered eulachon by up to 91 percent using LED lights in the West Coast ocean shrimp trawl fishery;
- Develop a modified gillnet that reduced sturgeon interactions by more than 60 percent in Virginia and North Carolina.
This is the fifth year that NOAA Fisheries has awarded funding through BREP to increase bycatch reduction research and partnerships.
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