Success Stories

Best practice adoption drastically reduced sea turtle bycatch

Massachusetts Lobster Fishers and the NEFSC Conduct Successful Trials of Fully Ropeless Trawls in Closed Fishing Areas

Modified Purse Seines in Chile Greatly Reduce Seabird Bycatch

Seabird mitigation best practices nearly eliminated albatross and petrel bycatch

Sharkguard trials result in a 90% decrease of the blue shark bycatch rate

Smart Buoys can decrease bycatch impacts

The CanFISH Gear Lending Program supports Canadian snow crab harvesters

Turtle-excluder devices greatly reduce bycatch risks to sea turtles

Year 3 of the NEFSC On-Demand Gear Library has resulted in over 1000 successful ropeless gear hauls