Performance Evaluation of Turtle Excluder Device off Dhamra in Bay of Bengal
Performance Evaluation of Turtle Excluder Device off Dhamra in Bay of Bengal
Date
2016
Authors
Prakash, R.R.
Boopendranath, M. R.
Vinod, M.
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Society of Fisheries Technologists(India)
Abstract
Turtles are endangered and protected species under
the Indian Wildlife Protection Act 1972. A number
of non-target resources, such as sea turtles, are
caught during trawling. This study reports the field
trials conducted using TED-installed fish trawls in
Odisha waters to evaluate the efficacy of TED. The
incidence of sea turtles was one for every 15 hauls
and the turtle excluder device (CIFT-TED) showed
100% exclusion for the sea turtle entering the trawl
system. The exclusion rates were 2.5% for the total
catch and 2.7% for the shrimp. Twenty eight species
of finfish were encountered during the trials of
which 17 were represented in the excluded portion
of the catch.
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Fiishery Technology 2016:53(3), 183-189