Descriptions of projects funded in Fiscal Year 2020.
Piloting a Low-Bycatch Commercial Squid Jig Fishery in Southern New England
The Development and Testing of a Ropeless System to Reduce Marine Mammal Entanglement on the Atlantic Coast
Post-release mortality in recreationally-caught shortfin mako sharks: understanding the effects of capture, handling techniques, and retained gear
Acoustic Enumeration of Sea Turtle Impacts on Turtle Excluder Devices
Application and Advancement of Innovative Technologies for Electronic Monitoring (EM) in Support of Best Fishing Practices for the Commercial Gulf of Mexico (GOM) Snapper Grouper Fishery - Phase II
Testing a Flexigrid system to reduce bycatch of juvenile sablefish in the West Coast groundfish bottom trawl fishery: An international collaboration
Reducing seafloor and benthic macroinvertebrate impacts using semi-pelagic trawl technology to harvest U.S. West Coast demersal groundfishes
Fishing and Testing of Innovative Ropeless Lift Bag Fishing Systems
Preserving catch of salmon troll fishermen while reducing interactions with Steller sea lions: targeted acoustic startle technology to deter Steller sea lions from troll gear in SE Alaska
Refining Gear Modifications to Avoid Red King and Snow Crab Bycatch in Bering Sea Pacific Cod and Halibut Pot Fisheries
Foraging Behavior of False Killer Whales in Relation to Oceanography and Prey: Informing By-Catch Mitigation for Near-Shore Fisheries around the Main Hawaiian Island
Improving the understanding of decompression sickness and its post-release impact in marine turtles incidentally captured by trawl fisheries
Reaction of small cetaceans to an acoustically enhanced gillnet and its application to reduce their bycatch
Oceanic whitetip shark. Hawaiʻi longline fishermen use leaders to connect weighed branch lines and baited hooks. A new rule prohibits steel wire leaders in the Hawaiʻi deep-set longline fishery, starting May 31, 2022. The rule aims to increase the survival of hooked oceanic whitetip sharks caught as bycatch in the Pacific Islands region. Credit: Andy Mann
Sea turtle escaping a net equipped with turtle excluder device.
