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Sea Turtle Glossary

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Trawl

Variations: trawler, shrimper

A large tapered fishing net that is towed along the sea bottom to catch benthic animals (shrimp, flounder, sole, etc.).

See also: take   incidental capture

WWW References:

• Trawling description
• Photos of trawl nets

Citations:

• Epperly, S., Braun, J., AJ, C., Cross, F., Merriner, J. and Tester, P. 1995. Winter distribution of sea turtles in the vicinity of Cape Hatteras and their interactions with the summer flounder trawl fishery. - Bulletin of Marine Science 56: 547-568.
• Robins, J. B. 1995. Estimated catch and mortality of sea turtles from the East Coast Otter Trawl Fishery of Queensland, Australia. - Biological Conservation 74: 157-167.

Entered by: Brendan Godley
Modified by: Matthew Godfrey
Entered: 2004-12-13 16:57:11
Last modified: 2005-05-06 17:32:57