2015 Funded Bycatch Reduction Engineering Program Projects
Descriptions of the projects the Bycatch Reduction Engineering Program funded in FY 2015.
Northeast |
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Grantee |
Project |
Funding amount |
| New England Aquarium | Identifying bottom trawl bycatch hotspots and capture-and-handling practices to reduce the incidental mortality of an overfished Species of Concern—the Thorny Skate—in the Gulf of Maine. | $223,924 |
| University of New England | Determining the post-release mortality rate and best capture-and-handling methods for Atlantic cod discarded in Gulf of Maine lobster industry. | $249,008 |
| University of New England | Quantifying and reducing post-release mortality for dusky sharks discarded in the commercial pelagic longline fishery. | $244,040 |
Southeast |
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| North Carolina Dept. of Environment and Natural Resources | Technical solutions to reduce bycatch in the North Carolina otter trawl shrimp fishery. | $98,320 |
| University of Mississippi | Reducing shark bycatch in commercial and recreational fisheries. | $107,438 |
Alaska |
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| FishNext Research | Enabling halibut bycatch reduction by Gulf of Alaska groundfish trawl fisheries: Tools for excluder testing and enhanced bycatch tracking. | $169,014 |
West Coast |
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| Grantee | Project | Funding amount |
| Pfleger Institute of Environmental Research | Strategic deep-setting for swordfish: Developing an alternative for the CA drift gillnet fishery. | $118,327 |
| Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission | Examining the use of artificial illumination to reduce rockfish bycatch in the west coast groundfish bottom trawl flatfish fishery. | $143,929 |
| Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission | Modifying trawl selectivity to reduce Chinook salmon bycatch in the Pacific hake fishery. | $138,412 |
| Hanan and Associates, Inc. | Testing potential bycatch reduction from deep-set compared to shallow-set pelagic longline fishing targeting swordfish in the California Current. | $223,800 |
| University of California, San Diego Scripps Institution of Oceanography | Continued Video, Acoustic, and Accelerometer Deployments on Pelagic and Demersal Longlines, for Observing Interactions with Bycatch Species. | $250,000 |
Pacific Islands |
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| Cascadia Research Collective | False killer whale movements in relation to longline fishing activity: assessment of interactions using satellite tag and fisheries data to develop best practices to reduce bycatch. | $99,922 |
International |
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| Pro Delphinus | Assessing the effectiveness of net illumination as a multi-taxa bycatch reduction solution. | $72,750 |
| Ocean Discovery Institute | Testing acoustic deterrent devices to reduce bycatch of sea turtles in commercial gillnet fisheries. | $82,000 |