Fishing Methods

1. Prawn trap

2. Diving

3. Bottom longline

4. Beam trawl

5. Otter trawl

6. Midwater trawl

7. Trolling

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Fishing Methods – Pelagic Species

8. Purse seine

9. Gillnet

10. Pelagic longline

11. Harpoon

12. Purse seine

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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

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Longlining

NEFSC (shark)

Maria Honig, WWF Responsible Fisheries Programme/ Marine Photobank (swordfish)NEFSC

Hook and line

UNFAO – Andrey Urcelaveta

Trolling

NOAA

Purse seining

Chilean purse seiner catching chub mackerel

NEFSCNOAA Photo Library - C. Oritz Rojas

Gillnetting

NEFSC

Bottom trawling

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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

1. Harpoon2. Diving3. Hook and line4. Purse seine5. Midwater gillnet6. Pelagic longline7. Pots and traps8. Midwater trawl9. Bottom longline10. Dredge11. Bottom gillnet12. Bottom trawl

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Photo Credits How We Fish Matters: Addressing the Ecological Impacts of

Canadian Fishing Gear 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