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Cease or prohibit all types of fishing in a marine protected area

Use a larger mesh size

Fit mesh escape panels/windows to a trawl net

Fit a size-sorting escape grid (rigid or flexible) to a prawn/shrimp trawl net

Use a square mesh instead of a diamond mesh codend in a trawl net

Use a different hook type

Modify fishing trap/pot configuration

Use a different design or configuration of size-sorting escape grid/system in trawl fishing gear (bottom and mid-water)

Modify the design or configuration of trawl gear (mixed measures)

Fit a size-sorting escape grid (rigid or flexible) to a fish trawl net

Decrease the circumference or diameter of the codend of a trawl net

Use a different bait type

Cease or prohibit mobile fishing gears that catch bottom (demersal) species and are dragged across the seafloor

Modify the configuration of a mesh escape panel/window in a trawl net

Attach an electropositive deterrent to fishing gear

Use an alternative commercial fishing method

Introduce an overall catch limit (quota cap or total allowable catch) by fishery or fleet

Control human activity in a marine protected area with a zonation system of restrictions

Cease or prohibit all commercial fishing

Fit large, supported escape openings (such as Fisheyes, Bigeyes and radial escape sections) to trawl nets

Release protected or species of concern alive after capture

Rotate the orientation of diamond mesh in a trawl net

Fit mesh escape panels/windows and a size-sorting grid (rigid or flexible) to a trawl net

Establish long-term fishery closures

Establish temporary fishery closures