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solar LED buoys illuminate gillnet
#seaturtle #bycatch reduction & ⬇️ #ALDFG using solar-powered LED lights designed to function as #gillnet buoys. Senko et al (2025) revise earlier tech www.bmis-bycatch.org/references/4...
29.10.2025 04:44 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
manta ray in sorting grid Cronin et al 2025
shorter handling times improve #manta #bycatch survival. Inexpensive, vessel-specific manta sorting grids built with #fisher input enabled rapid release. Potential #RFMO best practice? Cronin et al 2025 www.bmis-bycatch.org/references/z...
28.10.2025 04:54 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
diagram of timer depth recorder and wet tag placement on experimental pelagic longline
study looks at #hook availability to #seabirds during pelagic #longline soak. Gear configurations, setting speed, implications for #leatherback #seaturtles #bycatch cross-taxa effects. Goad et al 2025 www.bmis-bycatch.org/references/r...
15.10.2025 21:54 — 👍 3 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
diagram of at-sea dyed bait trials Styles et al 2025
#seabird colour preferences - blue-dyed #bait is Yucky! (relatively). At-sea bait trials + literature review (plastic ingestion colour prefs x species) #bycatch mitigation - Styles et al (2025) www.bmis-bycatch.org/references/z...
14.10.2025 03:43 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
BMIS References search template
>130 #RFMO bycatch papers #WCPFC #IATTC #ICCAT added recently, catching up 2024-25... #seabird #shark #ray #seaturtle research. Search References by RFMO 'collection' www.bmis-bycatch.org/references
03.10.2025 05:24 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Map of the Pacific ocean showing activity of Russian fishing fleet from 1980 to 2024
Russian Pacific ocean pelagic #longline #tuna vessels account for small % of total fleet operations but #shark #bycatch rates are higher than for other gears. Data availability & species ID issues. Volvenko et al (2025) www.bmis-bycatch.org/references/9...
15.09.2025 06:34 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
graphical representation of vessel effects on bycatch of shortfin mako, seabirds and sea turtles
some #fishers are better than others at both catching target spp & avoiding #bycatch - Roberson & Wilcox (2025) analysis looks at why + potential for fleet improvement #sharks #seabirds #seaturtles www.bmis-bycatch.org/references/g...
10.09.2025 05:12 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
ISSF Summary of 1st International workshop on FAD (fish aggregating device) retrieval and framework for designing, implementing recovery program
ISSF's new report gives overview of #FAD retrieval programs worldwide + first-ever framework for designing and implementing FAD Recovery Programs (FRPs) #ALDFG #bycatch www.bmis-bycatch.org/references/e...
09.09.2025 01:06 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
the #WCPFC scientific meeting is over but #shark #ray #seabird #seaturtle #cetacean bycatch related papers are here: www.bmis-bycatch.org/references?s... #FADs #depredation (fisher behaviour?) #ALDFG Image - ACAP
21.08.2025 04:53 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
SharkPulse - big data in #shark management - spp ID validation➡️distribution data. Implications for electronic monitoring spp ID. Ferretti et al (2025) www.bmis-bycatch.org/references/6...
21.08.2025 01:11 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
