Data from: Internal injuries in marine fishes caught in beam trawls using electrical versus mechanical stimulations ...

To improve the ecological and economic sustainability in the Dutch beam trawl fishery, tickler chains were replaced by electrical pulse stimulation to drive sole (Solea solea) out of the seabed. Because electrical stimulation may cause internal injuries, we quantified this risk by sampling fish spec...

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Main Authors: Boute, P. G., Rijnsdorp, A. D., Van Leeuwen, J. L., Pieters, R. P. M., Lankheet, M. J.
Format: Dataset
Language:English
Published: Dryad 2023
Subjects:
FOS Biological sciences
bottom trawling
electro-trawling
haemorrhage
North Sea
pulse fishing
spinal injury
tickler chains
Gadus morhua
Hyperoplus lanceolatus
Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.sj3tx9691
https://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.sj3tx9691
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Summary:To improve the ecological and economic sustainability in the Dutch beam trawl fishery, tickler chains were replaced by electrical pulse stimulation to drive sole (Solea solea) out of the seabed. Because electrical stimulation may cause internal injuries, we quantified this risk by sampling fish species from commercial beam trawlers and recording spinal injuries and haemorrhages from X-radiographs and autopsy. To distinguish mechanically and electrical-pulse-induced injuries, we compared injuries in ten species sampled from pulse (PUL) and tickler-chain (TCK) trawlers and four species sampled from PUL trawlers with the stimulus switched on or off. Co-occurrence of a major spinal injury and major haemorrhage at the same location was only observed in PUL samples, and were frequently (40%) observed in cod (Gadus morhua) and in low numbers (0–2%) in whiting (Merlangius merlangus), grey gurnard (Eutrigla gurnardus), and greater sandeel (Hyperoplus lanceolatus), but not in flatfishes and other species. In cod, ... : See the manuscript mentioned at the end of this section for details on the creation of this data set. Description of column headers is provided in a separate data sheet: see "Usage notes". Boute, P.G., Rijnsdorp, A.D., van Leeuwen, J.L., Pieters, R.P.M., Lankheet, M.J. (2023). Internal injuries in marine fishes caught in beam trawls using electrical versus mechanical stimulations. ICES Journal of Marine Science. DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsad064. ...

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