Pacific Fisheries Bycatch Program

Publications & Reports



Publications


Larsen, R.B., Herrmann, B., Sistiaga, M., Brinkhof, J., Cerbule, K., Grimaldo, E., and Lomeli, M.J.M. 2022. Effect of the Nordmøre grid bar spacing on size selectivity, catch efficiency and bycatch of the Barents Sea Northern shrimp fishery. PLOS ONE. 17(12):e0277788.

Larsen, R.B., Herrmann, B., Brcic, J., Sistiaga, M., Cerbule, K., Nielsen, K.N., Jacques, N., Lomeli, M.J.M., Tokac¸, A., and Cuende, E. 2021. Can vertical separation of species inside the trawl be utilized to reduce bycatch in shrimp fisheries? Plos ONE 16(3):e0249172.

Lomeli, M.J.M., Wakefield, W.W., Herrmann, B., Dykstra, C., Simeon, A., Rudy, D., and Planas, J.V. 2021. Use of Artificial Illumination to Reduce Pacific Halibut Bycatch in a U.S. West Coast Groundfish Bottom Trawl. In: G.H. Kruse, C. Rooper, R. Novikov, and J. Planas (eds.), Integrating biological research, fisheries science and management of Pacific halibut (Hippoglossus stenolepis) across the North Pacific Ocean. Fish. Res. 233 (2021) 105737.

Lomeli, M.J.M., Groth, S.D., Blume, M.T.O., Herrmann, B., and Wakefield, W.W. 2020. The efficacy of illumination to reduce bycatch of eulachon and groundfishes before trawl capture in the eastern North Pacific ocean shrimp fishery. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 77:44-54. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2018-0497

Lomeli, M.J.M., Wakefield, W.W. 2019. The effect of artificial illumination on Chinook salmon behavior and their escapement out of a midwater trawl bycatch reduction device. Fisheries Research, 218: 112-119.

Lomeli, M.J.M., Wakefield, W.W., Herrmann, B. 2019. Evaluating Off-Bottom Sweeps of a U.S. West Coast Groundfish Bottom Trawl: Effects on Catch Efficiency and Seafloor Interactions. Fish. Res. 213: 204-211

Lomeli, M. J. M., Groth, S. D., Blume, M. T. O., Herrmann, B., and Wakefield, W. W. Effects on the bycatch of eulachon and juvenile groundfish by altering the level of artificial illumination along an ocean shrimp trawl fishing line. - ICES Journal of Marine Science, 75: 2224-2234.

Lomeli, M.J.M., W.W. Wakefield, and B. Herrmann. 2018. Illuminating the headrope of a selective flatfish trawl: effect on catches of groundfishes, including Pacific halibut. Marine and Coastal Fisheries: Dynamics, Management, and Ecosystem Science. 10: 118-131.

Mark J. M. Lomeli, W. Waldo Wakefield & Bent Herrmann (2017) Testing of Two Selective Flatfish Sorting-Grid Bycatch Reduction Devices in the U.S. West Coast Groundfish Bottom Trawl Fishery, Marine and Coastal Fisheries, 9:1, 597-611 https://doi.org/10.1080/19425120.2017.1388888

Lomeli, M.J.M., O.S., Hamel, W.W., Wakefield, and D.L., Erickson. 2017. Improving Catch Utilization in the U.S. West Coast Groundfish Bottom Trawl Fishery: an Evaluation of T90-Mesh and Diamond-Mesh Cod Ends. Marine and Coastal Fisheries: Dynamics, Management, and Ecosystem Science. 9: 149-160.

Lomeli, M.J.M., Wakefield, W.W. 2016. Evaluation of a sorting grid bycatch reduction device for the selective flatfish bottom trawl in the U.S. West Coast fishery. Fish. Res. 183, 294-303.

Lomeli, M.J.M., and W.W. Wakefield. 2015. Testing of Pacific Halibut Bycatch Reduction Devices in Two US West Coast Bottom Trawl Fisheries. In: G.H. Kruse, H.C. An, J. DiCosimo, C.A. Eischens, G.S. Gislason, D.N. McBride, C.S. Rose, and C.E. Siddon (eds.), Fisheries Bycatch: Global Issues and Creative Solutions. Alaska Sea Grant, University of Alaska Fairbanks. http://doi.org/10.4027/fbgics.2015.01

Hannah, R.W., Lomeli, M.J.M., Jones, S.A., 2015. Tests of artificial light for bycatch reduction in an ocean shrimp (Pandalus jordani) trawl: Strong but opposite effects at the footrope and near the bycatch reduction device. Fish. Res. 170, 60-67.

Hannah, R.W., M.J.M. Lomeli, S.A. Jones. 2013. Direct estimation of disturbance rates of benthic macroinvertebrates from contact with standard and modified ocean shrimp (Pandalus jordani) trawl footropes. J. Shellfish Research. 32: 551-557.

Lomeli, M.J.M., Wakefield, W.W. 2013. A flexible sorting grid to reduce Pacific halibut (Hippoglossus stenolepis) bycatch in the U.S. west coast groundfish bottom trawl fishery. Fish. Res. 143, 102-108.

Lomeli, M.J.M., Wakefield, W.W. 2012. Efforts to reduce Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) and rockfish (Sebastes spp.) bycatch in the U.S. west coast Pacific hake (Merluccius productus) fishery. Fish. Res. 119-120: 128-132.

Hannah, R.W., S.A. Jones, M.J.M. Lomeli, and W.W. Wakefield. 2011. Trawl net modifications to reduce the bycatch of eulachon (Thaleichthys pacificus) in the ocean shrimp (Pandalus jordani) fishery. Fish. Res. 110, 277-282.

Reports


Lomeli, M.J.M., and Wakefield, W.W. 2023. Evaluating the efficacy of semi-pelagic trawl gear to harvest demersal fishes in the U.S. West Coast groundfish bottom trawl fishery. Final report to the NOAA Bycatch Reduction Engineering Program.

Lomeli, M.J.M., Wakefield, W.W., Abele, M., Dykstra, C.L., Herrmann, B., Stewart, I.J., and Christie, G.C. 2023. Testing of hook sizes and appendages to reduce yelloweye rockfish bycatch in a Pacific halibut longline fishery. Final report to the NOAA Bycatch Reduction Engineering Program.

Lomeli, M.J.M., Wakefield, W.W. 2020. Altering the level of illumination on a bycatch reduction device and its effect on the catch rates of Pacific hake and Chinook salmon. Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission Report, 27 pp.

Lomeli, M.J.M., and W.W. Wakefield. 2017. Testing of Two Selective Flatfish Sorting Grid Bycatch Reduction Devices in the U.S. West Coast Groundfish Bottom Trawl Fishery. Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission Report, 30 pp.

Lomeli, M.J.M., and W.W. Wakefield. 2017. Illuminating the Headrope of a Selective Flatfish Trawl: Effect on Catches of Groundfishes and Pacific Halibut. Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission Report, 28 pp.

Lomeli, M.J.M., O.S. Hamel, W.W. Wakefield, and D.L. Erickson. 2016. Examining the efficacy of T90 mesh codends to improve catch utilization in a multispecies bottom trawl fishery. Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission Report, 24 pp.

Lomeli, M.J.M., and W.W. Wakefield. 2016. Artificial light: Its influence on Chinook salmon escapement out a bycatch reduction device in a Pacific hake midwater trawl. Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission Report, 16 pp.

Lomeli, M.J.M., O.S. Hamel, W.W. Wakefield, and D.L. Erickson. 2016. Size-selectivity of T90 mesh and diamond mesh codends on five groundfish species commonly caught over the upper continental slope of the U.S. west coast. NMFS Northwest Fisheries Science Center Report, 31 pp.

Lomeli, M.J.M. and W.W. Wakefield 2014. Initial tests of a bycatch reduction device designed to improve trawl selectivity in the west coast limited entry groundfish bottom trawl directed flatfish fishery. NMFS Northwest Fisheries Science Center Report, 23 pp.

Lomeli, M.J.M. and W.W. Wakefield 2014. Testing of an industry-designed bycatch reduction device to reduce the incidental catch of Pacific halibut in a groundfish bottom trawl fishery. NMFS Northwest Fisheries Science Center Report, 23 pp.

Lomeli, M.J.M. and W.W. Wakefield 2014. Examining the potential use of artificial illumination to enhance Chinook salmon escapement out a bycatch reduction device in a Pacific hake midwater trawl. NMFS Northwest Fisheries Science Center Report, 15 pp.

Lomeli, M.J.M. and W.W. Wakefield 2013. A pilot study testing the efficacy of a flexible sorting grid rockfish excluder in the U.S. Pacific hake fishery: outcome of a collaborative workshop. NMFS Northwest Fisheries Science Center Report, 25 pp.

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