Management of Commercial Fisheries Bycatch, with Emphasis on Lake Trout Fisheries of the Upper Great Lakes;Research rept

摘要

The purposes of this paper were to: (1) investigate the collective published record on the global significance and management of commercial fisheries bycatch$ (2) identify elements of Great Lakes ecosystems that are especially vulnerable as bycatch$ and (3) examine principal Great Lakes commercial fishing gears and identify opportunities to minimize their incidental catch of sensitive species.