Catch and bycatch in the tangle net fishery for crayfish (Palinurus elephas) off the south west coast of Ireland

• Main Authors: Tully, Oliver, Palma-Pedraza, S.
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: Marine Institute 2022
• Subjects: Crayfish; bycatch; tangle net; Dingle; Common skate; Turbot
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10793/1810

Crayfish or spiny lobster is fished off the south west coast of Ireland. There are also smaller fisheries on the west and north west coasts. Although historically, prior to the 1970s, the main fishing gear used in the fishery was top entrance traps crayfish are now targeted with large mesh tangle ne...