Research and monitoring 2005 & Earlier

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New Fishing Gear Targets Abundant Haddock without Hurting Over-Fished Species
Two University of Rhode Island researchers have successfully tested a new fishing net configuration that will selectively catch the plentiful haddock without affecting declining stocks of cod and flounder. After additional tests and review by fishery managers, the net may allow fishermen to extend the number of days they are permitted to be at sea.

NOAA Scientists Battle Ocean Ghostnets
Thousands of miles from any human habitation, fishing nets hundreds of meters long and balls of net tens of meters across, lost or abandoned by their former owners but still an environmental hazard, foul huge swaths of the Pacific Ocean.

Northeast Distant Fishery Sea Turtle Bycatch Reduction Project
From 2001 through 2003, in cooperation with Blue Water Fishermen's Association and the Fisheries Research Institute, NOAA Fisheries worked to test various fishing methods, such as bait and gear type, to determine which combinations worked best to minimize sea turtle encounters in pelagic longline fisheries.

NOAA Fisheries Northeast Region Cooperative Research Partners Initiative: Project listing and project status Includes numerous bycatch reduction projects.

FY 2002 Saltonstall-Kennedy funding recommendations (.PDF), including almost $978,000 in grants to study innovative ways to reduce bycatch through gear modifications.