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Hook size diversity from a Taiwanese boat operating of the Guiana's shield.
The world market for Cyanidea swim bladders is causing a havoc and threatening fisheries sustainability in the tropics
This turtle captured in a non TED equipped shrimp trawl during experiments went back in safe after a little rest. did you know that sending a turtle back to sea tiered is equivalent to killing them, hard to help a leatherback 'catch its breath' at sea if your in a small boat. A larger vessel, why not?
Can you tell me what country these coastal gill-netting boats are based in?
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This method of photographing fishing gear is helpful in getting info across to the general public and sometimes this includes 'trained' observers.
In 2006 working in the Maronie Estuary to characterize the native 'Kali'na peoples inate approches to preventing bycatch of leatherback turtles in there traditions of fishing.
So I ate it. :)
This helps illustrate why EU regs specify that TEDs are exempt form the obligation of having mesh as small at the Bag (Cul de chalut).
where to start...
Just saying that the 2inch flat bar TED changed the way we look at TEDs (More then for turtles and big animals). See the results of my thesis in the PDFs of the main menu.
Luckily as a fisheries biologist I also know how to build kitchens. Keeping things separated, clean and well built, you reduce variability in your results.
Clearly the TED is alot better then no TED at all when it comes to elasmobranchs. But reducing the spacing between the bars makes the TED that much more effective.
This picture"s illustrates the difference in bycatch of sharks between a standard TED equipped trawl and a TTED equipped trawl.