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Acoustic Discrimination: Exploring Technology to Support Selective Fishing

Written by oadmin on . Posted in Web Features.

Scientists have decoded several tuna species’ unique underwater “acoustic signatures.” In this feature, we illustrate how their findings may help tuna fishers to use acoustic equipment like echosounders to fish more sustainably — targeting more abundant species, avoiding overfished stocks, and reducing bycatch.

Acoustic Discrimination, Bycatch, Bycatch Mitigation, FADs, Tuna