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Fisheries Interactions and Bycatch Results

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Fishing Gear: Bottom Trawls

Bottom trawling is a fishing practice that herds and captures the target species by towing a net along the ocean floor.
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Fishing Gear: Bottom Longlines

Bottom longlines have a mainline weighted to the seafloor with buoy lines marked by flags on either end.
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Seabird Protection and Avoidance Tips

Seabirds live in a variety of habitats in and around shallow water and coastal environments. They represent an important part of the marine environment or food web and are protected under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. Depending on the geographic region,…
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2017 Bycatch Reduction Engineering Program Awards

NOAA Fisheries has awarded more than $2.3 million to partners around the country to support innovative bycatch reduction research projects through its Bycatch Reduction Engineering Program.
August 29, 2017 - Feature Story ,
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National Bycatch Reduction Strategy

The National Bycatch Reduction Strategy, developed in collaboration with partners, includes objectives and actions that build on past successes and guide NOAA Fisheries’ efforts to reduce bycatch and bycatch mortality.
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Revealing the Unknowns of an Unusual Catch

An observer brought in an unusual, unidentified shark that was caught on a longline. Find out what scientists learned from it.
March 21, 2017 - Feature Story ,
Pacific Islands
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Standardized Bycatch Reporting Methodology Final Rule

Final rule to implement a standardized reporting methodology to assess the amount and type of bycatch occurring in a fishery.
January 18, 2017 - Feature Story ,
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National Bycatch Reduction Strategy

This strategy builds on past and ongoing efforts to reduce bycatch.
December 31, 2016 - Strategic Plans ,
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Bycatch Reduction Engineering Program Annual Report to Congress, 2015

This report highlights outcomes of projects funded through the Bycatch Reduction Engineering Program (BREP) Fiscal Year 2015.
June 30, 2016 - Report to Congress ,
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Permit for Incidental Take of Western U.S. stock of Steller Sea Lions in Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (BSAI) flatfish trawl, BSAI pollock trawl,

In accordance with the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), we, NOAA Fisheries, hereby issue a permit for a period of three years to authorize the incidental, but not intentional, taking of individuals from three marine mammal stocks listed under the…
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Alaska
Effective
05/04/2024