A catch limitation device to avoid excessive catches in the blue whiting (Micromesistius poutassou) Northeast Atlantic pelagic trawl fishery

• Published in: Frontiers in Marine Science
• Main Authors: Ingólfsson, Ólafur Arnar, Breen, Michael, Rosen, Shale, Sistiaga, Manu, Jørgensen, Terje, Lilleng, Dagfinn, Saltskår, Jostein, Kvalvik, Liz Beate Kolstad, Hannaas, Sigurd, Pettersen, Hermann
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Freed; Northeast Atlantic
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3031169; https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.1011862

Blue whiting (Micromesistius poutassou) is harvested in the Northeast Atlantic by a multinational fleet of pelagic trawlers. Occasionally, vessels take catches which exceed their remaining holding capacity and in extreme cases large catches cause codends to burst, resulting in spill of catch. To con...