BMIS - Bycatch Mitigation Information System
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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/
ferrite magnets didn't deter blue #sharks from baited hook - Lucas et al (2025) www.bmis-bycatch.org/references/a...
November 5, 2025 at 11:58 PM
ferrite magnets didn't deter blue #sharks from baited hook - Lucas et al (2025) www.bmis-bycatch.org/references/a...
#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...
October 29, 2025 at 4:44 AM
#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...
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...
October 28, 2025 at 4:54 AM
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...
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...
October 15, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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...
#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...
October 14, 2025 at 3:43 AM
#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...
>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
October 3, 2025 at 5:24 AM
>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
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...
September 15, 2025 at 6:34 AM
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...
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...
September 10, 2025 at 5:12 AM
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'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...
September 9, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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
August 21, 2025 at 4:53 AM
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...
August 21, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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...