to provide ideas and contacts for commercial fishers in non-trawl fisheries, who wish to address bycatch issues either because they have to as part of a management plan or want to for personal reasons.
to help reduce costs to industry by providing solutions from one location/fishery that may be easily adaptable to another.
to stimulate the development of new ideas about and solutions for addressing bycatch issues.
to provide guidance for new entrants to the fishing industry.
to provide a resource for educators and interested members of the public.
Solving bycatch issues should be a priority for industry.
"It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change." SOURCE: Charles Darwin 1809 - 1882
Bycatch Solutions
