Comparisons of Trawl and Longline Catches of Deepwater

• Main Authors: M. W. Clarke, L. Borges, R. A. Officer
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Key words; catches; deepwater; longline; Ireland; shark; squalids; trawl; Rockall Trough; Northeast Atlantic
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.501.4073; http://journal.nafo.int/35/clarke2/41-clarke.pdf

A comparison was made between catches from deepwater trawl and longline surveys (1993–2000) in the Northeast Atlantic. Longline catches were dominated by elasmobranchs, particularly squalid sharks and species numbers were low. Trawl catches had higher species numbers, with more teleosts, though elas...