2020 Funded Bycatch Reduction Engineering Program Projects

Northeast

Commercial Fisheries Research Foundation $196,256

Piloting a Low-Bycatch Commercial Squid Jig Fishery in Southern New England

LobsterLift, LLC $199,995

The Development and Testing of a Ropeless System to Reduce Marine Mammal Entanglement on the Atlantic Coast

University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, School for Marine Science and Technology $119,890

Post-release mortality in recreationally-caught shortfin mako sharks: understanding the effects of capture, handling techniques, and retained gear

Southeast

University of Mississippi $156,193

Acoustic Enumeration of Sea Turtle Impacts on Turtle Excluder Devices

Mote Marine Laboratory $175,433

Application and Advancement of Innovative Technologies for Electronic Monitoring (EM) in Support of Best Fishing Practices for the Commercial Gulf of Mexico (GOM) Snapper Grouper Fishery - Phase II

West Coast

Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission $185,389

Testing a Flexigrid system to reduce bycatch of juvenile sablefish in the West Coast groundfish bottom trawl fishery: An international collaboration

Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission $174,750

Reducing seafloor and benthic macroinvertebrate impacts using semi-pelagic trawl technology to harvest U.S. West Coast demersal groundfishes

Sea Mammal Education Learning Technology Society $231,824

Fishing and Testing of Innovative Ropeless Lift Bag Fishing Systems

Alaska

Alaska Department of Fish and Game $212,052

Preserving catch of salmon troll fishermen while reducing interactions with Steller sea lions: targeted acoustic startle technology to deter Steller sea lions from troll gear in SE Alaska

Natural Resources Consultants, Inc $81,769

Refining Gear Modifications to Avoid Red King and Snow Crab Bycatch in Bering Sea Pacific Cod and Halibut Pot Fisheries

Pacific Islands

Scripps Institution of Oceanography  $247,934

Foraging Behavior of False Killer Whales in Relation to Oceanography and Prey: Informing By-Catch Mitigation for Near-Shore Fisheries around the Main Hawaiian Island

International

SUBMON $161,256

Improving the understanding of decompression sickness and its post-release impact in marine turtles incidentally captured by trawl fisheries

Thünen-Institute for Baltic Sea Fisheries $199,275

Reaction of small cetaceans to an acoustically enhanced gillnet and its application to reduce their bycatch