@bmis-bycatch
Learn about mitigating and managing seabird, shark, sea turtle & marine mammal bycatch in longline, purse seine & gillnet fisheries targeting tuna and billfish. Find us at https://www.bmis-bycatch.org/
sea turtle on beach
🧪 #seaturtles in the #Pacific face many threats, among them consumption, habitat loss, global temperatures & #bycatch Pilcher (2025) assess risks x #species & makes #management suggestions www.bmis-bycatch.org/references/p...
chart showing effect of artificial light on shark and ray gillnet CPUE
🧪 #shark #ray #bycatch #CPUE significantly ⬇️in #gillnets illuminated with four types of light - orange LEDs most effective Burgher et al (2026) www.bmis-bycatch.org/references/7...
tissues sampling whale shark
🧪 CSIRO study indicates low & declining adult population size for #whalesharks in the Indian Ocean: Patterson et al (2025) Pillans et al (2025; image credit) www.bmis-bycatch.org/references?s... #fisheries #bycatch
table illustrates effectiveness of changing bait type on shark bycatch reduction
🧪 Meta-analysis looks at effectiveness of #shark #bycatch reduction techniques. Drynan et al (2026) www.bmis-bycatch.org/references/5... #fisheries
seabird risk zone mapping app
🧪 #seabird #bycatch #fisheries #longline The 'Seabird-Safe Toolkit' is an interactive website for fishers wanting to adopt 'seabird-safe' fishing practices www.bmis-bycatch.org/node/2037 Very neat seabird risk zone map app!
Hi Manu, I'm the coordinator for a science communication website, the Bycatch Information Management System (BMIS), aimed at reducing bycatch in tuna longline fisheries globally. Would like to be added to the feed if possible, thanks. Here's our website www.bmis-bycatch.org
ferrite magnets didn't deter blue #sharks from baited hook - Lucas et al (2025) www.bmis-bycatch.org/references/a...
solar LED buoys illuminate gillnet
#seaturtle #bycatch reduction & ⬇️ #ALDFG using solar-powered LED lights designed to function as #gillnet buoys. Senko et al (2025) revise earlier tech www.bmis-bycatch.org/references/4...
manta ray in sorting grid Cronin et al 2025
shorter handling times improve #manta #bycatch survival. Inexpensive, vessel-specific manta sorting grids built with #fisher input enabled rapid release. Potential #RFMO best practice? Cronin et al 2025 www.bmis-bycatch.org/references/z...
diagram of timer depth recorder and wet tag placement on experimental pelagic longline
study looks at #hook availability to #seabirds during pelagic #longline soak. Gear configurations, setting speed, implications for #leatherback #seaturtles #bycatch cross-taxa effects. Goad et al 2025 www.bmis-bycatch.org/references/r...
diagram of at-sea dyed bait trials Styles et al 2025
#seabird colour preferences - blue-dyed #bait is Yucky! (relatively). At-sea bait trials + literature review (plastic ingestion colour prefs x species) #bycatch mitigation - Styles et al (2025) www.bmis-bycatch.org/references/z...
BMIS References search template
>130 #RFMO bycatch papers #WCPFC #IATTC #ICCAT added recently, catching up 2024-25... #seabird #shark #ray #seaturtle research. Search References by RFMO 'collection' www.bmis-bycatch.org/references
Map of the Pacific ocean showing activity of Russian fishing fleet from 1980 to 2024
Russian Pacific ocean pelagic #longline #tuna vessels account for small % of total fleet operations but #shark #bycatch rates are higher than for other gears. Data availability & species ID issues. Volvenko et al (2025) www.bmis-bycatch.org/references/9...
graphical representation of vessel effects on bycatch of shortfin mako, seabirds and sea turtles
some #fishers are better than others at both catching target spp & avoiding #bycatch - Roberson & Wilcox (2025) analysis looks at why + potential for fleet improvement #sharks #seabirds #seaturtles www.bmis-bycatch.org/references/g...
ISSF Summary of 1st International workshop on FAD (fish aggregating device) retrieval and framework for designing, implementing recovery program
ISSF's new report gives overview of #FAD retrieval programs worldwide + first-ever framework for designing and implementing FAD Recovery Programs (FRPs) #ALDFG #bycatch www.bmis-bycatch.org/references/e...
the #WCPFC scientific meeting is over but #shark #ray #seabird #seaturtle #cetacean bycatch related papers are here: www.bmis-bycatch.org/references?s... #FADs #depredation (fisher behaviour?) #ALDFG Image - ACAP
SharkPulse - big data in #shark management - spp ID validation➡️distribution data. Implications for electronic monitoring spp ID. Ferretti et al (2025) www.bmis-bycatch.org/references/6...