What types of fish usually end up as bycatch?

Jul 17, 2015

What types of fish usually end up as bycatch?This is a question that we get asked a lot. Bycatch are fish or other marine sealife that get caught unintentionally by fishermen. Fishermen generally target a few specific species of fish but the nets that they use often catch a lot of unwanted animals that are then simply discarded. Here are the unfortunate fish that commonly end up as bycatch:
                
Butterfly fishes (Chaetodontidae) and Ostraciidae (Trunkfishes)
                
Diodontidae (Porcupinefishes) and Triodontidae (Pufferfishes)

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Reduction of Overfishing on Kenyan Coral Reefs

Wildlife Conservation Society

Kenyan coral reef sustainability is threatened today by, among other things, unintended overfishing. One proven simple, low cost solution is to introduce escape gaps into fish trapping gear. This will reduce overfishing, influence ecosystem health, and improve fisherman livelihood. This project helps to scale important work with Kenyan fishing communities to promote the use of escape gaps, and evaluate their impact when used alongside different localized fish trapping gear.