Department of Fisheries Oceanography - Christopher Glass
When: Wednesday,
October 2, 2019
2:30 PM
-
3:30 PM
Where: > See description for location
Description: The School for Marine Science and Technology
Department of Fisheries Oceanography
Seminar Announcement
"Bycatch Reduction Devices: Development, Adoption and Implementation"
Christopher Glass
Executive Director
Commercial Fisheries Research Foundation
Wednesday, October 2, 2019
2:30 pm to 3:30 pm
SMAST East Rooms 101/102
836 S. Rodney French Blvd, New Bedford
Abstract
Despite many conservation engineering research initiatives over the past decade, bycatch and discarding continues to be a problem in fisheries worldwide. While a number of successful bycatch reduction devices have been introduced into fisheries regulations, there are many examples of devices that have been either unsuccessful or have not been adopted generally. Reasons underlying lack of adoption are complex but may include, reluctance of fishers to accept loss of target catch, reticence of managers to change status quo, concerns regarding enforcement measures and lack of clear, unequivocal, scientific evidence of the efficacy of the device or strategy.
Here we provide examples illustrating where bycatch reduction devices and/or strategies have been successfully introduced, where devices exist but have not been implemented, and others where devices/strategies have been introduced and subsequently dropped from use. We include examples of, gear design and modification, discussion of bycatch reduction strategies such as quantification of temporal and spatial distributions of fish and introduction of strategies that create incentives to avoid bycatch.
We discuss potential reasons for the apparent general lack of adoption of bycatch reduction devices worldwide and make recommendation regarding mitigation measures and reduction programs that hold potential for addressing this issue.
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To access the live broadcasting, go to https://echo360.org/directLogin and click on "Alternate login". You will have to login as "smast@umassd.edu" with the password: smastumassd. After login you will have to click on ALL CLASSES (MAR 700-01 - DEOS Seminar or MAR 700-02 - DFO Seminar) and click on the green LIVE streaming.
To view a video of an SMAST seminar (post-October 1, 2014), go to https://www.umassd.edu/smast/events/seminar-series/ and click on a highlighted title.
For additional information, please contact Sue Silva at s1silva@umassd.edu.
Department of Fisheries Oceanography
Seminar Announcement
"Bycatch Reduction Devices: Development, Adoption and Implementation"
Christopher Glass
Executive Director
Commercial Fisheries Research Foundation
Wednesday, October 2, 2019
2:30 pm to 3:30 pm
SMAST East Rooms 101/102
836 S. Rodney French Blvd, New Bedford
Abstract
Despite many conservation engineering research initiatives over the past decade, bycatch and discarding continues to be a problem in fisheries worldwide. While a number of successful bycatch reduction devices have been introduced into fisheries regulations, there are many examples of devices that have been either unsuccessful or have not been adopted generally. Reasons underlying lack of adoption are complex but may include, reluctance of fishers to accept loss of target catch, reticence of managers to change status quo, concerns regarding enforcement measures and lack of clear, unequivocal, scientific evidence of the efficacy of the device or strategy.
Here we provide examples illustrating where bycatch reduction devices and/or strategies have been successfully introduced, where devices exist but have not been implemented, and others where devices/strategies have been introduced and subsequently dropped from use. We include examples of, gear design and modification, discussion of bycatch reduction strategies such as quantification of temporal and spatial distributions of fish and introduction of strategies that create incentives to avoid bycatch.
We discuss potential reasons for the apparent general lack of adoption of bycatch reduction devices worldwide and make recommendation regarding mitigation measures and reduction programs that hold potential for addressing this issue.
***********************************************************************************
To access the live broadcasting, go to https://echo360.org/directLogin and click on "Alternate login". You will have to login as "smast@umassd.edu" with the password: smastumassd. After login you will have to click on ALL CLASSES (MAR 700-01 - DEOS Seminar or MAR 700-02 - DFO Seminar) and click on the green LIVE streaming.
To view a video of an SMAST seminar (post-October 1, 2014), go to https://www.umassd.edu/smast/events/seminar-series/ and click on a highlighted title.
For additional information, please contact Sue Silva at s1silva@umassd.edu.
Contact: > See Description for contact information
Topical Areas: School for Marine Sciences and Technology, SMAST Seminar Series