Can vertical separation of species in trawls be utilized to reduce bycatch in shrimp fisheries?
Several shrimp trawl fisheries use a Nordmöre sorting grid to avoid bycatch of fish. However, small fish can pass through the grid. Therefore, the retention of juvenile fish often remains an issue during shrimp trawling. We investigated the vertical distribution of deepwater shrimp (Pandalus boreali...
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ftimr:oai:imr.brage.unit.no:11250/2757530 2023-05-15T15:45:45+02:00 Can vertical separation of species in trawls be utilized to reduce bycatch in shrimp fisheries? Larsen, Roger B. Herrmann, Bent Brcic, Jure Sistiaga, Manu Cerbule, Kristine Nielsen, Kåre Nolde Jacques, Nadine Lomeli, Mark Joseph Max Tokac, Adnan Cuende, Elsa 2021 application/pdf https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2757530 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0249172 eng eng PLOS ONE. 2021, 16 (3), 1-17. urn:issn:1932-6203 https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2757530 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0249172 cristin:1901431 1-17 16 PLOS ONE 3 Peer reviewed Journal article 2021 ftimr https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0249172 2021-09-23T20:16:09Z Several shrimp trawl fisheries use a Nordmöre sorting grid to avoid bycatch of fish. However, small fish can pass through the grid. Therefore, the retention of juvenile fish often remains an issue during shrimp trawling. We investigated the vertical distribution of deepwater shrimp (Pandalus borealis) and dominant bycatch species at the point where the Nordmöre grid section is installed. This was achieved using a separator frame which split the net vertically into three compartments of equal entry size. Our results showed that shrimp predominately follow the lower part of the trawl belly, whereas species such as redfish (Sebastes spp.), cod (Gadus morhua), polar cod (Boreogadus saida) and American plaice (Hippoglossoides platessoides) preferred the mid-section in the aft of the trawl. Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) primarily entered through the upper section of the trawl belly. Using these results, we predict that a vertical separation device installed forward of a 19 mm Nordmöre grid combined with a 35 mm codend would result in a significant reduction in bycatch with only minor loss of shrimp. publishedVersion Article in Journal/Newspaper Boreogadus saida Gadus morhua Pandalus borealis polar cod Institute for Marine Research: Brage IMR PLOS ONE 16 3 e0249172 |
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Several shrimp trawl fisheries use a Nordmöre sorting grid to avoid bycatch of fish. However, small fish can pass through the grid. Therefore, the retention of juvenile fish often remains an issue during shrimp trawling. We investigated the vertical distribution of deepwater shrimp (Pandalus borealis) and dominant bycatch species at the point where the Nordmöre grid section is installed. This was achieved using a separator frame which split the net vertically into three compartments of equal entry size. Our results showed that shrimp predominately follow the lower part of the trawl belly, whereas species such as redfish (Sebastes spp.), cod (Gadus morhua), polar cod (Boreogadus saida) and American plaice (Hippoglossoides platessoides) preferred the mid-section in the aft of the trawl. Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) primarily entered through the upper section of the trawl belly. Using these results, we predict that a vertical separation device installed forward of a 19 mm Nordmöre grid combined with a 35 mm codend would result in a significant reduction in bycatch with only minor loss of shrimp. publishedVersion |
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Larsen, Roger B. Herrmann, Bent Brcic, Jure Sistiaga, Manu Cerbule, Kristine Nielsen, Kåre Nolde Jacques, Nadine Lomeli, Mark Joseph Max Tokac, Adnan Cuende, Elsa Can vertical separation of species in trawls be utilized to reduce bycatch in shrimp fisheries? |
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Larsen, Roger B. Herrmann, Bent Brcic, Jure Sistiaga, Manu Cerbule, Kristine Nielsen, Kåre Nolde Jacques, Nadine Lomeli, Mark Joseph Max Tokac, Adnan Cuende, Elsa |
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Can vertical separation of species in trawls be utilized to reduce bycatch in shrimp fisheries? |
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Can vertical separation of species in trawls be utilized to reduce bycatch in shrimp fisheries? |
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Can vertical separation of species in trawls be utilized to reduce bycatch in shrimp fisheries? |
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Can vertical separation of species in trawls be utilized to reduce bycatch in shrimp fisheries? |
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can vertical separation of species in trawls be utilized to reduce bycatch in shrimp fisheries? |
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