Non-traditional resources: skate fishery and survey results in Division 3NO

• Main Authors: Junquera, Susana, Paz, Xabier
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: 1998
• Subjects: Centro Oceanográfico de Vigo; Pesquerías; Duran; Greenland; North Atlantic; Northwest Atlantic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10508/896; http://hdl.handle.net/10261/327836

Since 1993 a significant increase in the skate catches from the Spanish trawlers have been reported (Duran et al. 1996; Junquera et al. 1997). It was interpreted as a shift in the fishing strategy towards the exploitation of non-regulated species. Important skate by-catches are often taken in the Greenland halibut fishery, but at present a directed, though temporary, fishery has also been established. In this paper a review of the available information on this subject is presented.