The effect of regulation changes and influential factors on Atlantic cod discards in the Baltic Sea demersal trawl fishery
The proportion of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) discarded in the Danish Baltic Sea cod trawl fishery has been as high as 40%. This, combined with a stock that has declined dramatically over the past 30 years, has led to numerous technical regulations being introduced to reduce the capture of juveniles...
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crcansciencepubl:10.1139/cjfas-2012-0273 2023-12-17T10:27:00+01:00 The effect of regulation changes and influential factors on Atlantic cod discards in the Baltic Sea demersal trawl fishery Feekings, Jordan Lewy, Peter Madsen, Niels Marshall, C. Tara 2013 http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2012-0273 http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/full-xml/10.1139/cjfas-2012-0273 http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/cjfas-2012-0273 en eng Canadian Science Publishing http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/page/about/CorporateTextAndDataMining Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences volume 70, issue 4, page 534-542 ISSN 0706-652X 1205-7533 Aquatic Science Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics journal-article 2013 crcansciencepubl https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2012-0273 2023-11-19T13:39:22Z The proportion of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) discarded in the Danish Baltic Sea cod trawl fishery has been as high as 40%. This, combined with a stock that has declined dramatically over the past 30 years, has led to numerous technical regulations being introduced to reduce the capture of juveniles and thus discards. One method that has been widely adopted in the Baltic Sea has been to improve gear selectivity, subsequently allowing young individuals to escape capture. To understand the effects that changes to gear selectivity and minimum landing size have had on discard rates, as well as the effects of a range of additional explanatory factors, generalized additive mixed models were used. Gear regulation changes enforced in the Danish demersal trawl fishery in the Baltic Sea and other factors, such as minimum landings size, juvenile abundance, catch mass, price, and their spatial and temporal distribution, were found to significantly affect discard rates. The newest and currently legislated gears were identified as having the lowest discard rates. The increase in minimum landing size from 35 to 38 cm has increased discard rates. Article in Journal/Newspaper atlantic cod Gadus morhua Canadian Science Publishing (via Crossref) Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 70 4 534 542 |
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The proportion of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) discarded in the Danish Baltic Sea cod trawl fishery has been as high as 40%. This, combined with a stock that has declined dramatically over the past 30 years, has led to numerous technical regulations being introduced to reduce the capture of juveniles and thus discards. One method that has been widely adopted in the Baltic Sea has been to improve gear selectivity, subsequently allowing young individuals to escape capture. To understand the effects that changes to gear selectivity and minimum landing size have had on discard rates, as well as the effects of a range of additional explanatory factors, generalized additive mixed models were used. Gear regulation changes enforced in the Danish demersal trawl fishery in the Baltic Sea and other factors, such as minimum landings size, juvenile abundance, catch mass, price, and their spatial and temporal distribution, were found to significantly affect discard rates. The newest and currently legislated gears were identified as having the lowest discard rates. The increase in minimum landing size from 35 to 38 cm has increased discard rates. |
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The effect of regulation changes and influential factors on Atlantic cod discards in the Baltic Sea demersal trawl fishery |
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The effect of regulation changes and influential factors on Atlantic cod discards in the Baltic Sea demersal trawl fishery |
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The effect of regulation changes and influential factors on Atlantic cod discards in the Baltic Sea demersal trawl fishery |
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The effect of regulation changes and influential factors on Atlantic cod discards in the Baltic Sea demersal trawl fishery |
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The effect of regulation changes and influential factors on Atlantic cod discards in the Baltic Sea demersal trawl fishery |
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effect of regulation changes and influential factors on atlantic cod discards in the baltic sea demersal trawl fishery |
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