Study on Juvenile and Trash Excluder Devices (JTEDs) in Malaysia

Abstract

This paper describes the results of the juvenile and trash fishes excluder device tests conducted aboard a Malaysian Fishing Trawler in cooperation with the Department of Fisheries, Malaysia. In particular, it provides estimates of Catch per Unit Effort (CPUE) of trawl fishery, catch composition in day and nighttimes, distribution of length-frequencies for the capture fishes and released fishes using different opening grid.