Bycatch of harbour porpoise, harbour seal and grey seal in Norwegian gillnet fisheries

• Main Author: Moan, Andre Grande
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Bycatch; GAM; CRF; harbour porpoise; Phocoena phocoena; Halichoerus grypus; grey seal; GLM; coastal reference fleet; harbour seal; Phoca vitulina; Gam; Porpoise Harbour; The Landing; Gadus morhua; Harbour porpoise
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10852/53729; http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-56897

Data from a monitored segment (about 20 vessels) of the fleet of about 6000 small vessels (less than 15 meters length overall) operating bottom-set gillnets for cod (Gadus morhua) and monkfish (Lophius piscatorius) in the Norwegian coastal zone were used to estimate the bycatch rates of harbour porp...