Could green artificial light reduce bycatch during Barents Sea Deep-water shrimp trawling?

• Published in: Fisheries Research
• Main Authors: Larsen, Roger B., Herrmann, Bent, Sistiaga, Manu Berrondo, Brcic, Jure, Brinkhof, Jesse, Tatone, Ivan
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Bottom trawl; Bycatch; LEDs; Nordmøre grid; Pandalus borealis; Size selectivity; VDP::Fangst: 925; VDP::Catch: 925; Barents Sea; Nordmøre
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2594789; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2018.03.023

The Nordmøre grid is widely used in shrimp trawls to reduce the bycatch of fish species. However, small-sized fish species and juveniles still pass through the grid and enter the codend, along with the targeted shrimp. This bycatch of small fish has a negative impact on the ecosystem due to increase...