The Fishadelphia team. Credit: Dr. Talia Young.
Pair of bottlenose dolphins. Credit: NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center/Lisa Morse.
2019 Funded Bycatch Reduction Engineering Program Projects
Descriptions of BREP projects funded in 2019.
Northeast |
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Grantee |
Project |
Funding amount |
| Gulf of Maine Research Institute | Improving the selectivity of the ultra-low opening trawl (ULOT) to reduce bycatch of Atlantic cod. | $127,329 |
| Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries | Bycatch reduction of red hake in the Southern New England silver hake trawl fishery | $176,572 |
| Cornell University | Advancing bycatch reduction technology in New England small mesh multispecies fisheries-outreach and technology transfer of the large mesh belly panel | $75,169 |
| Maine Department of Marine Resources | Assessing the feasibility of Time Tension Line Cutter use in fixed gear fisheries to reduce entanglement risk for the endangered North Atlantic right whale | $198,018 |
| Sea Mammal Education Learning Technology Society | Developing and testing innovative ropeless lobster fishing gear to reduce bycatch of North Atlantic right whales | $225,000 |
| New England Aquarium | Whale release ropes as a large whale bycatch mitigation option in the lobster fishery | $125,000 |
Southeast |
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Grantee |
Project |
Funding amount |
| University of Mississippi | Shark bycatch reduction in tuna/swordfish fisheries: the potential for using ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene leaders to encourage shark “bite-offs” in the Gulf of Mexico | $125,250 |
| University of Missouri | Quantifying and reducing post-release mortality of shortfin mako sharks captured as bycatch in the Atlantic coast pelagic long-line fisheries | $195,000 |
Alaska |
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Grantee |
Project |
Funding amount |
| Natural Resources Consultants, Inc | Testing gear modifications to avoid bycatch in Bering Sea Pacific cod and halibut pot fisheries | $100,874 |
| FishNext Research | Reducing bycatch using real-time video and active release in Alaskan pollock and Pacific whiting fisheries | $199,679 |
West Coast |
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Grantee |
Project |
Funding amount |
| International Seafood Sustainability Foundation | Acoustic discrimination to avoid purse seine catches of undersized yellowfin tuna | $140,020 |
| Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission | Development and testing of a rockfish bycatch reduction device for the Pacific hake fishery: A collaborative study between fishing industry and gear researchers | $165,000 |
| Wild Fish Conservancy | Evaluation of an experimental commercial pound net for stock-selective harvest and ecological monitoring of endangered Chinook salmon in the lower Columbia River, Oregon | $171,050 |
| Coastal Monitoring Associates | Low-cost timed release for ropeless traps in the U.S. West Coast dungeness crab and spiny lobster fisheries where humpback, grey, and blue whale entanglement is a threat | $119,746 |
Pacific Islands |
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Grantee |
Project |
Funding amount |
| Hawaiian Fresh Seafood | Improving post-hooking survival of marine turtles and sharks: designing and testing a cost effective linecutter prototype for use in the Hawaii longline fishery | $98,392 |
| Eric Gilman LLC | Demonstration of practicality and safety of alternative branchline weighting designs that reduce seabird catch risk in the Hawaii pelagic longline deep-set fishery | $98,900 |
The Fishadelphia team. Credit: Dr. Talia Young.
Pair of bottlenose dolphins. Credit: NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center/Lisa Morse.