Quantifying the Escape Mortality of Trawl Caught Antarctic Krill (Euphausia superba)

• Published in: PLOS ONE
• Main Authors: Krafft, Bjørn Arne, Krag, Ludvig Ahm, Engås, Arill, Nordrum, Sigve, Bruheim, Yngve, Herrmann, Bent
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science 2016
• Subjects: Antarctic; Meier; Antarc*; Antarctic Krill; Euphausia superba
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2409367; https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0162311

- Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) is an abundant fishery resource, the harvest levels of which are expected to increase. However, many of the length classes of krill can escape through commonly used commercial trawl mesh sizes. A vital component of the overall management of a fishery is to estim...