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Hello Marmamers, I am writing to introduce to you to a database on bycatch reduction techniques that can be found at www.bycatch.org. This database was created by The Consortium for Wildlife Bycatch Reduction at the New England Aquarium to improve the accessibility and exchange of information about studies undertaken to evaluate bycatch reduction methods. The database includes citations for bycatch studies with summaries of their main findings. The bycatch reduction techniques referred to in these studies are defined in an accompanying glossary, as are descriptions of commercial fishing methods. Users can conduct searches of these studies by year, gear type, reduction techniques, or non-target wildlife group. Where available, links to the complete studies and contact information for authors are included. We are inviting scientists to review the literature available through the www.bycatch.org website and to add your own studies on bycatch reduction devices. Given that the field is dynamic and involves people from around the world, we realize that it is extremely challenging to produce and maintain the most up-to-date compendium of studies. If you have done any work on bycatch mitigation, please take a few minutes to see if your research has been included in the www.bycatch.org database and if not, please take this opportunity to share your results with researchers around the world and add your studies to the database. If you have any questions, please contact Tim Werner at twerner@neaq.org. Cheers. Erika Zollett -- Erika Zollett, Ph.D. Research Assistant Consortium for Wildlife Bycatch Reduction |