47723 Data Set Published / External 8063 Bycatch Project Completed Bycatch in net fisheries is recognized as a major source of mortality for many marine species, including sea turtles, sharks and other elasmobranchs, seabirds, and marine mammals. Few mitigation solutions, however, have been identified. We assessed the effectiveness of different sensory based bycatch reduction technologies such as illuminating fishing nets withlight emitting diodes (LEDs) of different wavelengths and using low frequency acoustic alert device to reduce the incidental capture of sea turtles, sharks, seabirds, marine mammals, and juvenile fish. In addition, we examined the effects on target fish catch rates. Experiments were conducted in the demersal, setnet fishery of Bahia de los Angeles and compared pairs of control and experimental nets. With these study showing that various BRTs reduce sea turtle and elasmobranch bycatch (such as sharks and guitarfish), potential new technologies can be used to reduce multi-taxa bycatch . This finding has broad implications for bycatch mitigation in net fisheries given the global ubiquity of net fisheries and the current paucity of bycatch mitigation solutions. Development of by catch reduction technology Theme Bycatch Team Theme Elasmobranchs Theme FRMD Theme IFP Theme PIFSC Theme bycatch Theme gillnets Theme small-scale fisheries Theme vision Spatial Mexico Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center Honolulu HI USA Data Set MS Excel Spreadsheet None Planned Complete Table (digital) N/A Gillnetter Gillnet Data Steward 2017-11-01 Person Wang, John H john.wang@noaa.gov 1845 Wasp Blvd. Honolulu HI 96818 USA (808)725-5370 Distributor 2017-11-01 Organization Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center PIFSC pifsc.info@noaa.gov https://ror.org/02apffz65 1845 Wasp Blvd. Honolulu HI 96818 USA 808-725-5360 https://www.pifsc.noaa.gov Pacific Island Fisheries Science Center homepage Online Resource 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Metadata Contact 2019-01-01 Person Wang, John H john.wang@noaa.gov 1845 Wasp Blvd. Honolulu HI 96818 USA (808)725-5370 Metadata Contact 2017-11-01 2018-12-31 Person Tagami, Darryl T darryl.tagami@noaa.gov 1845 Wasp Blvd. Honolulu HI 96818 USA (808)725-5745 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM Point of Contact 2017-11-01 Person Wang, John H john.wang@noaa.gov 1845 Wasp Blvd. Honolulu HI 96818 USA (808)725-5370 Ground Condition Mexico Range 2010-01-01 2017-01-01 Sensitive Send written request to PIFSC. This will at a minimum require signing a PIFSC non-disclosure statement for fisheries confidential data. none none QC review prior to data entry. Further QC after data entry. Yes Unknown Yes Yes No 1 year To Be Determined unknown Data owner performs regular scheduled back-ups. Data was collected in collaboration with Mexican governmental agencies, NGOS, Academic institutions, and NOAA and entered in table format into electronic spreadsheets. gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:47723 John Wang 2017-11-01T17:10:29 SysAdmin InPortAdmin 2025-12-03T01:00:28 2025-02-20 Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center PIFSC 1845 Wasp Blvd. Honolulu HI 96818 USA 808-725-5300 https://www.pifsc.noaa.gov 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. 1001 Public No No 2020-03-19 1 Year 2021-03-19