Today, NOAA Fisheries is awarding more than $2.4 million to partners around the country to support innovative bycatch reduction research projects through its Bycatch Reduction Engineering Program (BREP).
![When LED lights were placed on West Coast shrimp trawls, bycatch of protected eulachon (smelt) was reduced by 91 percent. (Image credit: NOAA) When LED lights were placed on West Coast shrimp trawls, bycatch of protected eulachon (smelt) was reduced by 91 percent.](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_width_1275/public/legacy/image/2019/Jun/PHOTO%20-%20eulachon_combo%20-%2008302016%20-%201120x534%20-%20LANDSCAPE.png?itok=USmOgttD)
When LED lights were placed on West Coast shrimp trawls, bycatch of protected eulachon (smelt) was reduced by 91 percent. (Image credit: NOAA)