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David William Johnston

Professor of the Practice of Marine Conservation Ecology
Marine Science and Conservation
Suite 3103, Grainger Hall, 9 Circuit Drive, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708

Scholarly Works - Other


Monitoring drift gillnet vessels from space: leveraging low-cost methods to enhance understanding of bycatch in a data-poor fishery

Other · March 25, 2025 Drift gillnets are commonly used in the Indian Ocean to catch tuna, where bycatch is estimated to be in the hundreds of thousands each year. In this region, drift gillnets are typically set by poorly documented vessels estimated to be responsible f ... Full text Cite