Quantification of bell-shaped size selectivity in shrimp trawl fisheries using square mesh panels and a sorting cone after a Nordmøre grid

• Published in: PLOS ONE
• Main Authors: Sistiaga, Manu Berrondo, Herrmann, Bent, Larsen, Roger B., Brinkhof, Jesse
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: PLOS ONE 2019
• Subjects: Barents Sea; Pandalus borealis; Tromsø; Arctic University of Norway
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2620525; https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0222391

Shrimp trawlers in the Barents Sea use a Nordmøre sorting grid ahead of a small-mesh codend to avoid bycatch while catching shrimps efficiently. However, small fish can still pass through the grid to enter the codend, which increases their risk of being retained. In this study, we quantified the sel...