• Testing of hook sizes and appendages to reduce yelloweye rockfish bycatch in a Pacific halibut longline fishery 

      Lomeli, Mark Joseph Max; Wakefield, W. Waldo; Abele, Meagan; Dykstra, Claude L.; Herrmann, Bent; Stewart, Ian J.; Christie, Gregory C. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-06-03)
      In Pacific halibut (Hippoglossus stenolepis) longline fisheries in the eastern North Pacific Ocean bycatch of yelloweye rockfish (Sebastes ruberrimus) is a concern as their stock status along the U.S. West Coast is “rebuilding” from being “overfished”, the southeast Alaska stock has shown a ∼60% decline since at least 1994 and through 2015 where it stabilized, and the Canadian stock has been recently ...
    • Use of artificial illumination to reduce Pacific halibut bycatch in a U.S. West Coast groundfish Bottom trawl 

      Lomeli, Mark J. M.; Wakefield, W. Waldo; Herrmann, Bent; Dykstra, Claude L.; Simeon, Anna; Rudy, Dana M.; Planas, Josep V. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-10-05)
      In the U.S. West Coast groundfish bottom trawl fishery, Pacific halibut (<i>Hippoglossus stenolepis</i>) bycatch can impact some fishers’ ability to fully utilize their quota shares of groundfishes. In this study, we compared the catch efficiency for Pacific halibut and four commercially important groundfish species between an illuminated and non-illuminated trawl. The illuminated trawl caught ...