Using the turtle excluder device (TED) in the pink shrimp trawling fishery off southern Brazil

Using the turtle excluder device (TED) in the pink shrimp trawling fishery off southern Brazil

The use of the turtle excluder device (TED) has been mandatory in Brazil since 1994. In spite of the importance of sea turtle bycatch reduction, TED effectiveness to maintain target species capture had never been evaluated in shrimp fisheries off southern Brazil. For this purpose, a test was carried...

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Main Authors: Schroeder,Rafael, Bottene,Bruno R, Sant'Ana,Rodrigo, Wahrlich,Roberto, Queirolo,Dante
Language:English
Published: Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso. Facultad de Recursos Naturales. Escuela de Ciencias del Mar 2016
Subjects:
sea turtles
turtle excluder device
trawl fishery
incidental catch
southern Brazil
Online Access:http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-560X2016000500021
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