Will you swim into my parlour? In situ observations of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) interactions with baited pots, with implications for gear design

• Published in: PeerJ
• Main Authors: Meintzer, Phillip, Walsh, Philip, Favaro, Brett
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: PeerJ Inc. 2017
• Subjects: Aquaculture; Fisheries and Fish Science; Canada; Fogo; Fogo Island; Newfoundland; atlantic cod; Gadus morhua
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5301977/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28194312; https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2953

Pots (also known as traps) are baited fishing gears widely used in commercial fisheries, and are being considered as a tool for harvesting Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Pots produce lower environmental impacts than many other fishing gears, but they will only be a...