Catch and release patterns for target and bycatch species in the Northeast Atlantic deep-water shrimp fishery: Effect of using a sieve panel and a Nordmøre grid

• Published in: PLOS ONE
• Main Authors: Larsen, Roger B., Herrmann, Bent, Sistiaga, Manu Berrondo, Brinkhof, Jesse, Santos, Juan
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Arctic; Norway; Nordmøre; Northeast Atlantic; Pandalus borealis; Arctic University of Norway; UiT The Arctic University of Norway
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2578666; https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0209621

The Nordmøre grid and the sieve panel are two of the main devices used to reduce fish bycatch in trawl fisheries targeting shrimp species. However, even when using such devices, some small-sized fish enter the codend of the trawl together with the targeted shrimp. Therefore, bycatch reduction remain...