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BYCATCH REDUCTION DEVICE [1 record]

Record 1 2023-06-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Commercial Fishing
  • Ecology (General)
DEF

[An apparatus] that is incorporated into [the] design of a fishing gear, or added to a fishing gear for the primary purpose of reducing unwanted bycatch.

CONT

Technological measures to improve the selectivity of the fishing gear and post-release survival can be used, such as: ... installing bycatch reduction devices (e.g.[,] turtle excluder devices, sorting grids, square mesh panels, tori lines on longlines) ...

Key term(s)
  • by-catch reduction device

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pêche commerciale
  • Écologie (Généralités)
DEF

[Appareil] prévu dans la conception d'un engin de pêche, ou ajouté à un engin de pêche, dans le but principal de réduire les captures accessoires indésirables.

CONT

Des moyens technologiques pour améliorer la sélectivité des engins de pêche et la survie après la remise à l'eau peuvent être utilisés, par exemple : [...] installer des dispositifs de réduction des prises accessoires (p. ex., dispositifs d'exclusion des tortues, grilles de triage, filets à mailles carrées, «lignes tori» pour la pêche à la palangre [...]

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