Sydney bycatch trials

The gulper shark exclusion device. Photo courtesy of SETFIA

Australia’s South East Trawl Fishing Industry Association (SETFIA) and Sydney fisherman Vince Bagnato are due to trial a bycatch reduction device that excludes gulper sharks from Royal Red Prawn nets, from late April.

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