Buoy gear - a potential for bycatch reduction in the small-scale swordfish fisheries: a Florida experience and Indian Ocean perspective

(1) PROSPER Project (PROSpection et habitat des grands PElagiques de la ZEE de La Reunion), CAP RUN – ARDA, Magasin n°10 – Port Ouest, 97420 Le Port, Ile de la Reunion, France. (2) Nova Southeastern University Oceanographic Center, 8000 North Ocean Drive Dania Beach, FL 33004 USA. (3) IRD, UMR 212 EME „Ecosystemes Marins Exploites‟, Centre de Recherche Halieutique Mediterraneenne et Tropicale Avenue Jean Monnet, BP 171, 34203 Sete Cedex, France.