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This guide has been written to assist fishing technologists, fishery extension workers, resource managers and fisheries to develop effective bycatch reduction devices (BRDs) in tropical shrimp-trawl fisheries. It provides information describing the various stages of testing of a BRD, from planning and preparation for research to the execution of fieldwork, analysis of data, and reporting and extension of research outcomes. In preparing this guide, a wide variety of literature and other sources of information have been reviewed, synthesized and simplified. It should serve as a comprehensive, easy-to-read guide for anyone seeking fundamental information about testing a BRD in a tropical shrimp-trawl fishery.