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

• Main Authors: González-Herraiz, Isabel, Pérez-Contreras, María Nélida, Gómez-Suárez, Francisco Javier, Araujo-Fernández, María Hortensia
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Pesquerías; Centro Oceanográfico de Vigo; Norway; Hake; Porcupine Bank; North Atlantic; Northeast Atlantic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10508/9058; http://hdl.handle.net/10261/329024

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...