Testing effectiveness of visual bycatch reduction technology to reduce sea turtle bycatch in a coastal net fishery
Data Set (DS) | Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC)GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:73767 | Updated: November 22, 2024 | Published / External
Summary
Short Citation
Southeast Fisheries Science Center, 2024: Testing effectiveness of visual bycatch reduction technology to reduce sea turtle bycatch in a coastal net fishery, https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/73767.
Full Citation Examples
Pound nets are a passive fishing gear used globally that can lead to frequent bycatch of sea turtles and other protected marine megafauna. However, despite their global ubiquity and high bycatch, there are few tested solutions to reduce sea turtle bycatch in pound net fisheries. Net illumination is a sensory-based bycatch reduction technology that has reduced bycatch of sea turtles and other marine megafauna while maintaining target fish catch in multiple coastal gillnet fisheries worldwide. Given the success of gillnet illumination, we are testing the effects of illuminating pound nets with both battery- and solar-powered green light-emitting diodes (LEDs) on sea turtle bycatch and target fish catch in experimental pound net fishing gear in inshore North Carolina waters.
Distribution Information
No Distributions available.
Access Constraints:Open To Everyone
Controlled Theme Keywords
FISHERIES, SEA TURTLES
Child Items
Contact Information
Point of Contact
Larisa Avens
larisa.avens@noaa.gov
(252)728-8747
Metadata Contact
Larisa Avens
larisa.avens@noaa.gov
(252)728-8747
Item Identification
| Title: | Testing effectiveness of visual bycatch reduction technology to reduce sea turtle bycatch in a coastal net fishery |
|---|---|
| Short Name: | LED BRT testing |
| Status: | On Going |
| Creation Date: | 2024-10-30 |
| Abstract: |
Pound nets are a passive fishing gear used globally that can lead to frequent bycatch of sea turtles and other protected marine megafauna. However, despite their global ubiquity and high bycatch, there are few tested solutions to reduce sea turtle bycatch in pound net fisheries. Net illumination is a sensory-based bycatch reduction technology that has reduced bycatch of sea turtles and other marine megafauna while maintaining target fish catch in multiple coastal gillnet fisheries worldwide. Given the success of gillnet illumination, we are testing the effects of illuminating pound nets with both battery- and solar-powered green light-emitting diodes (LEDs) on sea turtle bycatch and target fish catch in experimental pound net fishing gear in inshore North Carolina waters. |
| Purpose: |
To determine the potential influence of battery- and solar-powered LED deployment on experimental pound net fishing gear on target and bycatch species. |
Keywords
Theme Keywords
| Thesaurus | Keyword |
|---|---|
| Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords |
EARTH SCIENCE > AGRICULTURE > AGRICULTURAL AQUATIC SCIENCES > FISHERIES
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| Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords |
EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > REPTILES > TURTLES > SEA TURTLES
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Physical Location
| Organization: | Southeast Fisheries Science Center |
|---|---|
| City: | Beaufort |
| State/Province: | NC |
| Country: | USA |
| Location Description: |
Digital files located in shared servers at the NOAA Beaufort Laboratory in Beaufort, North Carolina. |
Data Set Information
| Data Set Scope Code: | Data Set |
|---|---|
| Maintenance Frequency: | As Needed |
| Data Presentation Form: | Table (digital) |
| Entity Attribute Overview: |
Tables containing data describing capture of marine species during experimental and control trials, along with environmental variables, during research to evaluate the potential influence of battery- and solar-powered LEDs on experimental pound net fishing gear on target and bycatch species in North Carolina inshore waters. |
Support Roles
Data Steward
| Date Effective From: | 2024 |
|---|---|
| Date Effective To: | |
| Contact (Person): | Avens, Larisa |
| Address: |
101 Pivers Island Rd. Beaufort, NC |
| Email Address: | larisa.avens@noaa.gov |
| Phone: | (252)728-8747 |
| Fax: | (252)728-8784 |
Distributor
| Date Effective From: | 2024 |
|---|---|
| Date Effective To: | |
| Contact (Organization): | Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC) |
| Address: |
75 Virginia Beach Drive Miami, FL 33149 USA |
| Phone: | (305)361-5761 |
| URL: | https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/about/southeast-fisheries-science-center |
| Business Hours: | 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. EST |
Metadata Contact
| Date Effective From: | 2024 |
|---|---|
| Date Effective To: | |
| Contact (Person): | Avens, Larisa |
| Address: |
101 Pivers Island Rd. Beaufort, NC |
| Email Address: | larisa.avens@noaa.gov |
| Phone: | (252)728-8747 |
| Fax: | (252)728-8784 |
Point of Contact
| Date Effective From: | 2024-10-30 |
|---|---|
| Date Effective To: | |
| Contact (Person): | Avens, Larisa |
| Address: |
101 Pivers Island Rd. Beaufort, NC |
| Email Address: | larisa.avens@noaa.gov |
| Phone: | (252)728-8747 |
| Fax: | (252)728-8784 |
Access Information
| Data License: | CC0-1.0 |
|---|---|
| Data License URL: | https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ |
| Data License Statement: | These data were produced by NOAA and are not subject to copyright protection in the United States. NOAA waives any potential copyright and related rights in these data worldwide through the Creative Commons Zero 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication (CC0-1.0). |
| Security Class: | Unclassified |
| Data Access Constraints: |
Open To Everyone |
Data Management
| Have Resources for Management of these Data Been Identified?: | Yes |
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| Approximate Percentage of Budget for these Data Devoted to Data Management: | Unknown |
| Do these Data Comply with the Data Access Directive?: | Yes |
| Is Access to the Data Limited Based on an Approved Waiver?: | No |
| Actual or Planned Long-Term Data Archive Location: | To Be Determined |
| If To Be Determined, Unable to Archive, or No Archiving Intended, Explain: |
Data Is Temporarily Posted on NODD. Data Repository TBD upon completion of data collection |
Acquisition Information
Instruments
Instrument 1
| Identifier: | Pound Net |
|---|---|
| Instrument / Gear: | Gear |
| Instrument Type: | Pound Nets |
| Description: |
A pound net is a fixed fishing device that consists of poles or stakes secured into the bottom with netting attached. The structure includes a pound with a netting floor, a heart-shaped enclosure, and a straight wall or leader. Pound nets are generally set close to shore and the leader is set perpendicular to the shore to guide migrating fish into the pound. The leader is a wall of mesh webbing that extends from the sea floor to approximately the sea surface and may be up to several hundred meters in length. |
Child Items
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Catalog Details
| Catalog Item ID: | 73767 |
|---|---|
| GUID: | gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:73767 |
| Metadata Record Created By: | Larisa Avens |
| Metadata Record Created: | 2024-10-30 11:31+0000 |
| Metadata Record Last Modified By: | Lee M Weinberger |
| Metadata Record Last Modified: | 2024-11-22 05:46+0000 |
| Metadata Record Published: | 2024-11-22 |
| Owner Org: | SEFSC |
| Metadata Publication Status: | Published Externally |
| Do Not Publish?: | N |
| Metadata Review Frequency: | 1 Year |