‘Bycatch Reduction Device’ Deployed To Reduce Catch Of ESA-Listed Smelt In Pink Shrimp Nets

The black and white underwater video shows hundreds of small shrimp streaming down the throat of the net and through a metal grate. Then a halibut comes into view and is deflected off the grate and out a v-shaped hole at the top of the net to live another day. The halibut is followed by an even larger halibut that also escapes the net.

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