Contact: Tom Gemmell
tomgemmellmca@ak.net
907-523-0731
Marine Conservation Alliance
Caption: The fishing industry is creating a cod trawl net design for use off Kodiak, Alaska, that reduces Halibut bycatch by 50-60 percent.
Credit: Credit the Alaska Groundfish Data Bank
Usage Restrictions: Credit the Alaska Groundfish Data Bank
Related news release: Bycatch reduction, marine debris addressed by MCA at American Fisheries Society Meeting in Ottawa