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BRD
(redirected from Bycatch Reduction Device)

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BRDBroadcast
BRDBundesrepublik Deutschland (German)
BRDBard (gaming)
BRDBovine Respiratory Disease
BRDBiological Resources Division (USGS)
BRDBusiness Requirements Document
BRDBycatch Reduction Device (fishing industry)
BRDBeyond a Reasonable Doubt (legal)
BRDBusiness Requirement Document (EAN)
BRDBeyond Reasonable Doubt
BRDBook Review Digest
BRDBlue Ray Disk
BRDBanca Romana de Dezvoltare (Romania)
BRDBrainerd, MN, USA (Airport Code)
BRDBiological Research Division (USGS)
BRDBlack Rock Desert
BRDBanque Rwandaise de Développement (French: Rwandan Development Bank)
BRDBlack Rock Depths (MMORPG World of Warcraft)
BRDBiomedical Research Database (DoD)
BRDBackground Review Document (NIH)
BRDBlack Rifle Disease (obsessive interest in the AR15/M16 rifle)
BRDBlack Rose Dragon (YuGiOh)
BRDBulk Relative Density (asphaltic concrete)
BRDBlack River Digital
BRDBubba Ray Dudley (wrestler)
BRDBusiness Requirements Development
BRDBomb Release Distance
BRDBooster Requirements Document
BRDBiocidal Products Directive
BRDBlack Runed Dagger (gaming)
BRDBuild, Release, Deploy
BRDBig Red Dog


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During the last 20 years, concerns over the mortality of these organisms have culminated in complete closures to fishing at some locations, and the development of, and legislation for, modifications to trawls, including bycatch reduction devices (BRDs) and square-mesh codends, for use throughout the remaining fleet (Broadhurst and Kennelly, 1996; Macbeth et al.
In the Great Barrier Reef bottom trawling is permitted, but a strict management plan aims to minimise impacts by restricting the area available for trawling, number of fishing days and boats, and through the use of Turtle Excluder Devices and Bycatch Reduction Devices.
The Gulf FMC voted in 1997 to require bycatch reduction devices (BRDs) in the shrimp fishery (109) and subsequent improvements in BRDs have led to increases in their effectiveness.
 
 
 
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