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¿Qué son los BRD?

Photo Credit: Melanie Thorn

Los dispositivos de reducción de captura incidental (BRD, por sus siglas en inglés) se instalan en las trampas para cangrejos para prevenir la captura incidental de tortugas de espalda de diamante. Una causa común de muerte de estas tortugas es el ahogamiento en las trampas para cangrejos.

Para obtener más información sobre los BRD, explore los recursos a continuación.

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BRDs Come in All Shapes & Sizes

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Check your state regulations for all things crabbing related!

You may need a BRD!

What is bycatch?

Bycatch is the accidental capture of marine life while fishing or crabbing. 

Using BRDs

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Attach a BRD to each funnel (opening) on the commercial crab pot. Secure them with cable ties.

Illustrations: (c) 2009 Kelly Finan/National Aquarium.

Why is it important to reduce bycatch and lost gear?

Lost fishing gear can still fish! 

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Lost or derelict crab pots will continue to catch marine life. Inserting a BRD onto each funnel opening will prevent bycatch while the pot is active, and if it is lost.

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Lost crab pots also negatively impact blue crab fisheries. Blue crabs alongside bycatch like terrapins can die in lost gear. This can decrease the overall population of blue crabs. 

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Ghost Pot Recovery

Efforts to retrieve lost and derelict fishing gear is proven to increase the harvest of blue crabs and allow commercial crabbers to recover their lost pots, which otherwise would have been an economic loss.

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