Performance of the Nordmøre grid in shrimp trawling and potential effects of guiding funnel length and light stimulation

• Published in: Marine and Coastal Fisheries
• Main Authors: Larsen, Roger B., Herrmann, Bent, Sistiaga, Manu Berrondo, Brinkhof, Jesse, Tatone, Ivan, Langård, Lise
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Barents Sea; Nordmøre; atlantic cod; Gadus morhua; northern shrimp; Pandalus borealis
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2481089; https://doi.org/10.1080/19425120.2017.1360421

The introduction of the Nordmøre grid to shrimp trawls has reduced the issue of bycatch to that of small-sized species and juveniles that are able to pass through the grid and enter the small-meshed cod end together with the targeted shrimp. This study estimated the size- and species-selective perfo...