Nephrops discards, size composition, recruitment and directed effort of the Spanish fleets in Porcupine Bank (FU 16) - Presentation

• Main Authors: González-Herraiz, Isabel, Pérez-Contreras, María Nélida, Gómez-Suárez, Francisco Javier, Araujo-Fernández, María Hortensia
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Nephrops; Pesquerías; Centro Oceanográfico de A Coruña; Discards; recruitment; Porcupine Bank (FU 16); Hake; Norway; Porcupine Bank; North Atlantic; Northeast Atlantic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10508/9577; http://hdl.handle.net/10261/322415

Spanish fleets have been fishing Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus) in Porcupine Bank for more than 45 years. Despite a huge Spanish effort descent in the area during this period, nowadays Spain is after Ireland the second country in Nephrops landings from this functional unit (12%). Nephrops disc...