09/30/2024 | News release | Distributed by Public on 09/30/2024 09:04
NOAA Fisheries is recommending 13 projects for funding to partners around the country to support innovative bycatch reduction research through its Bycatch Reduction Engineering Program.
Bycatch is catch that fishermen do not want, cannot sell, or are not allowed to keep. Bycatch of fish, marine mammals, or turtles can have significant biological, economic, and social impacts. Preventing and reducing bycatch is a shared goal of fisheries managers, the fishing industry, and the environmental community.
Working in collaboration with fishermen and industry partners, the Bycatch Reduction Engineering Program has supported solutions to some of the top bycatch challenges facing our nation's fisheries. Successes include:
At this point in the selection process, the application approval and obligation of funds is not final. Each of these applications are being "recommended." This is not an authorization to start the project and is not a guarantee of funding.
Read brief descriptions of the recommended projects.
Northeast/Mid-Atlantic
Southeast/Gulf of Mexico
West Coast
Alaska
Pacific Islands