Release efficiency and selectivity of four different square mesh panel configurations in the Basque mixed bottom trawl fishery

• Published in: Scientia Marina
• Main Authors: Cuende, Elsa, Arregi, Luis, Herrmann, Bent, Sistiaga, Manu, Basterretxea, Mikel
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas 2020
• Subjects: square mesh panel; LED lights; trawl fishery; release efficiency; hake; blue whiting; panel de malla cuadrada; luces LED; pesca de arrastre; eficiencia de escape; merluza; bacaladilla; Baja; Cuadrada; Descartes; Hake; Malla; Tuvo; Arctic
• Online Access: https://scientiamarina.revistas.csic.es/index.php/scientiamarina/article/view/1848; https://doi.org/10.3989/scimar.04975.17A

Reduction of discards from the Basque mixed bottom trawl fishery is a challenge. To improve the selective properties of the gear used by the fleet and supplement codend size selection, a square mesh panel (SMP) installed in the upper panel of the trawl was introduced in 2006. However, recent studies...