Improving the effectiveness of escape windows in directed Norway lobster Nephrops norvegicus trawl fisheries

• Published in: Fisheries Science
• Main Authors: Madsen, Niels, Holst, René, Frandsen, Rikke, Krag, Ludvig Ahm
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: Kattegat; Norway; Gadus morhua
• Online Access: https://orbit.dtu.dk/en/publications/8f45102d-8f17-4516-818a-c6b976112d99; https://doi.org/10.1007/s12562-012-0525-1

A substantial improvement in the bycatch selectivity of Norway lobster Nephrops norvegicus trawls is required, particularly with respect to cod Gadus morhua , whose stocks are at low levels in several areas. Conventional escape windows are not adequate to properly release cod and other bycatch speci...