Fishing Methods 1. Prawn trap 2. Diving 3. Bottom longline 4. Beam trawl 5. Otter trawl 6.

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Transcript Fishing Methods 1. Prawn trap 2. Diving 3. Bottom longline 4. Beam trawl 5. Otter trawl 6. 

Fishing Methods
1. Prawn trap
2. Diving
3. Bottom longline
4. Beam trawl
5. Otter trawl
6. Midwater trawl
7. Trolling
Marine Biology Conservation Institute – How we fish matters
Fishing Methods – Pelagic Species
8. Purse seine
9. Gillnet
10. Pelagic longline
11. Harpoon
12. Purse seine
Marine Biology Conservation Institute – How we fish matters
Fishing Methods – Benthic Species
13. Otter trawl
14. Clam dredge
15. Scallop dredge
16. Lobster pots
17. Bottom gillnet
18. Bottom longline
19. Crab pots
20. Diving
Marine Biology Conservation Institute – How we fish matters
Longlining
NEFSC (shark)
NEFSC
Maria Honig, WWF Responsible Fisheries Programme/ Marine Photobank (swordfish)
Hook and line
UNFAO – Andrey Urcelaveta
Trolling
NOAA
Purse seining
Chilean purse seiner catching chub mackerel
NEFSC
NOAA Photo Library - C. Oritz Rojas
Gillnetting
NEFSC
Bottom trawling
Marine Biology Conservation Institute
Traps and Pots
Red King Crab fishery based in Bristol Bay, Alaska
Valerie Craig/Marine Photobank
SeaWeb/Marine Photobank
Dredging
NEFSC/NOAA
Ranking of Fishing Gear based on
Habitat Impact and Bycatch
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Harpoon
Diving
Hook and line
Purse seine
Midwater gillnet
Pelagic longline
Pots and traps
Midwater trawl
Bottom longline
Dredge
Bottom gillnet
Bottom trawl
Marine Biology Conservation Institute – How we fish matters
Photo Credits
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How We Fish Matters: Addressing the Ecological Impacts of
Canadian Fishing Gear
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Susanna D. Fuller (Ecology Action Centre)
Candace Picco (Living Oceans Society)
Jennifer Ford (Ecology Action Centre)
Chih-Fan Tsao (Marine Conservation Biology Institute)
Lance E. Morgan (Marine Conservation Biology Institute)
Dorthea Hangaard (Living Oceans Society)
Ratana Chuenpagdee (Memorial University of Newfoundland)
Marine Biology Conservation Institute
Marine Photobank: Maria Honig; SeaWeb; Valerie Craig
NOAA, NEFSC, NOAA Photo Library - C. Oritz Rojas
UNFAO – Andrey Urcelaveta