Results of the 2004 Spanish Experimental Fishing in NAFO Subarea 1

An experimental fishing was carried out with three bottom trawlers commercial Spanish vessels from July to December of the year 2004 in the Subarea 1. The main objective of the experimental fishing was to search for cephalopods species concentrations inside the territorial waters of Greenland. Durin...

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Main Authors: Río-Iglesias, José Luis del, González-Iglesias, María de la Concepción, Gago-Fernández, Ana, González-Costas, Fernando
Format: Report
Language:English
Published: 2005
Subjects:
Centro Oceanográfico de Vigo
Pesquerías
Greenland
atlantic cod
Gadus morhua
North Atlantic
Northwest Atlantic
Pandalus borealis
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10508/745
http://hdl.handle.net/10261/329319
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Summary:An experimental fishing was carried out with three bottom trawlers commercial Spanish vessels from July to December of the year 2004 in the Subarea 1. The main objective of the experimental fishing was to search for cephalopods species concentrations inside the territorial waters of Greenland. During the experimental fishing a scientific observer stayed on board each vessel to collect effort data, catches and yields by haul and Division. The observers carried out length distribution samplings of the following species: Reinhardtius hippoglossoides, Pandalus borealis, Gadus morhua, Sebastes spp., Hippoglossoides platessoides and Macrourus berglax. Biological samplings of R. hippoglossoides, P. borealis, H. platessoides, G. morhua and M. berglax were also carried out. Otoliths of Greenland halibut (1 356) and Atlantic cod (739) were collected for age determination. Greenland halibut was the main species caught and the cephalopods, target species, have not been found in the experimental fishing.

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