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A combination turtle excluder device/bycatch reduction device manufactured bySaunders Marine Machine Shop

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Description

A combination turtle excluder device/bycatch reduction device manufactured bySaunders Marine Machine Shop. Fish escape by swimming forward and out of thelarge holes in the net. Shrimp are swept into the bag at the end of the net and cannot swim out.

Photographer

William B. Folsom

Display Date

1996 March

Location

Mississippi, Biloxi

Collection

Fisheries

Fishing Techniques

Shrimp Trawling

NOAA Affiliation

NMFS

Keywords

Fisheries

Commercial Fishing

Technique Shrimp Trawling