A catch limitation device to avoid excessive catches in the blue whiting (Micromesistius poutassou) Northeast Atlantic pelagic trawl fishery

• Published in: Frontiers in Marine Science
• Main Authors: Ólafur Arnar Ingólfsson, Michael Breen, Shale Rosen, Manu Sistiaga, Terje Jørgensen, Dagfinn Lilleng, Jostein Saltskår, Liz Kvalvik, Sigurd Hannaas, Hermann Pettersen
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
• Subjects: catch limitation; blue whiting (Micromesistius poutassou); pelagic trawl fishery; discard; unaccounted mortality; Science; Q; General. Including nature conservation; geographical distribution; QH1-199.5; Freed; Northeast Atlantic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.1011862; https://doaj.org/article/c1a1d8c081824597917ee7e64b0282d8

Blue whiting (Micromesistius poutassou) is harvested in the Northeast Atlantic by a multinational fleet of pelagic trawlers. Occasionally, vessels take catches which exceed their remaining holding capacity and in extreme cases large catches cause codends to burst, resulting in spill of catch. To con...