KER 2- Catch Select

Portfolio of gear modifications and technologies to reduce bycatch

• New trawl designs to reduce bycatch of:  
  •  Several bycatch species in Redfish fisheries – developed by MUN and Hampiðjan 
  • Juvenile redfish in shrimp fisheries – developed by Hampiðjan  and MUN 
  • Sharks and cetaceans in groundfish fisheries (trawlers) – developed by  CSIC 
  • Cetaceans in beach seines – developed by CCMAR and CSIC 

• Vertical buoy lines to reduce entanglement of :  
  • Marine mammals in pots from Snow crab and Welk fisheries – developed by MUN 
  • Marine mammals in longlines from cod fisheries – developed by MUN 
  • Marine mammals in gillnets from Greenland halibut fisheries – developed by MUN  

•  An in-water sorting device to catch or release animals called Smartrawl – developed by  HWU