Bycatch Reduction Device Pictures

Graphic representations of bycatch reduction devices required for use in shrimp trawls fished shoreward of the 100-fathom (183-meter) depth contour in the Gulf of Mexico, and within the EEZ of the South Atlantic region.

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Meet Vivian Matter, Data Analysis and Assessment Support Branch Chief

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Vivian Matter visiting the Castillo San Felipe del Morro, Puerto Rico.

Vivian Matter visiting the Castillo San Felipe del Morro, in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico. Photo courtesy of Vivian Matter.

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Queen Snapper Fish Live to Up to 45 Years and Use Deep-Sea Corals as Habitat

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A fish found in Puerto Rico, the roughtongue bass, swimming along structure-forming corals on the seafloor.

In 2014, researchers exploring the waters around Puerto Rico found fish such as this roughtongue bass among structure-forming corals on the seafloor. Scientists are studying the ways in which fish interact with corals to better understand deep-sea ecosystems. Credit: NOAA Ocean Exploration

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NOAA and Deepwater Horizon Trustees Report on Progress Restoring the Gulf of Mexico

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On a Mississippi Gulf Coast beach looking out to the water with a pier.

Federal and state partners are committed to periodically re-examining the Deepwater Horizon restoration program through programmatic reviews. Credit: Jeanne Allen/Deepwater Horizon Trustee Council

Last updated by Southeast Regional Office on November 23, 2020

Fisheries Interactions and Bycatch Bycatch Sea Turtle Bycatch

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