Catch and release patterns for target and bycatch species in the Northeast Atlantic deep-water shrimp fishery: Effect of using a sieve panel and a Nordmøre grid.

• Published in: PLOS ONE
• Main Authors: Roger B Larsen, Bent Herrmann, Manu Sistiaga, Jesse Brinkhof, Juan Santos
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018
• Subjects: Medicine; R; Science; Q; Nordmøre; Northeast Atlantic; Pandalus borealis
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0209621; https://doaj.org/article/595adf7de78048a8b7e427d967433c04

The Nordmøre grid and the sieve panel are two of the main devices used to reduce fish bycatch in trawl fisheries targeting shrimp species. However, even when using such devices, some small-sized fish enter the codend of the trawl together with the targeted shrimp. Therefore, bycatch reduction remain...