Effect of the Nordmøre grid bar spacing on size selectivity, catch efficiency and bycatch of the Barents Sea Northern shrimp fishery.

• Published in: PLOS ONE
• Main Authors: Roger B Larsen, Bent Herrmann, Manu Sistiaga, Jesse Brinkhof, Kristine Cerbule, Eduardo Grimaldo, Mark J M Lomeli
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2022
• Subjects: Medicine; R; Science; Q; Barents Sea; Nordmøre; Gadus morhua; northern shrimp; Pandalus borealis
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0277788; https://doaj.org/article/e0b841b3e09a4a2e8fb23eff5203e1f0

The introduction of the Nordmøre grid in shrimp trawls has reduced the bycatch of non-target species. In the Norwegian Northern shrimp (Pandalus borealis) fishery, the mandatory selective gear consists of a Nordmøre grid with 19 mm bar spacing combined with a 35 mm mesh size diamond mesh codend. How...