Northern Shrimp (Pandalus borealis, Krøyer) in Spanish Bottom Trawl Survey 2004 and 2005 in NAFO Divisions 3LNO

• Main Authors: Casas-Sánchez, José Miguel, Teruel, Josefina
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: 2005
• Subjects: Pesquerías; Centro Oceanográfico de Vigo; North Atlantic; northern shrimp; Northwest Atlantic; Pandalus borealis
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10508/646; http://hdl.handle.net/10261/328776

The results of northern shrimp (Pandalus borealis) obtained from the Spanish bottom trawl surveys in the NAFO Regulatory Area (Divisions 3NO) in spring-summer 2004 and 2005, carried out by the Instituto Español de Oceanografía (Spanish Oceanographic Institute, Vigo Centre), are presented and compared with those from previous surveys from the same series. The catches 550 and 368 kg obtained in 2004 and 2005, respectively, confirmed the increase of shrimp importance in the last years in the Div. 3NO with an estimated biomass by swept area method around 2000 tons. Catch results from the surveys and data analysis are discussed in this paper.