Development of new concepts for escape windows to minimise cod catches in Norway lobster fisheries

• Published in: Fisheries Research
• Main Authors: Madsen, Niels, Frandsen, Rikke, Holst, René, Krag, Ludvig Ahm
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: Trawl; Pleuronectes platessa; Escape window; Sorting box; Skagerrak; Nephrops norvegicus; Gadus morhua; Square mesh panel; Acoustic releaser; Selectivity; Kattegat; /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/life_below_water; SDG 14 - Life Below Water; Norway
• Online Access: https://orbit.dtu.dk/en/publications/c2211735-a795-4de5-8261-1ae9d612d67e; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2010.01.008

Gear selectivity with regard to cod (Gadus morhua) needs to be improved in the Kattegat and Skagerrak Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus) fishery. One way to achieve this goal is to improve the selectivity of an escape window (henceforth window) in the gear. Our gear development focused particularl...