Characterisation of the Costa Rican semi-industrial coastal shrimp trawling fishery and the small scale artisanal shrimp trawling fishery

All kinds of capture fisheries trap organisms that are not their primary fishing target, known as by-catch. The Bycatch may include juveniles of the target species and non commercial species, including fin fishes, crustaceans, birds, sea turtles, mammals causing a significant ecological impact.