Development and demonstration of a low-bycatch, low-bottom impact trawl for small-mesh bottom trawling Progress in reducing the habitat impact of trawls and dredges

Grant no. NA66FK0072 The issue of groundfish and juvenile finfish bycatch is of great concern to the fishing industry and to the New England Fishery Management Council (NEFMC). The stated goal of this project was to give resource managers a means to allow whiting and other small-mesh species to be harvested without groundfish bycatch.