Catch-and-release of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) in recreational fisheries

• Published in: Fisheries Management and Ecology
• Main Author: Ferter, Keno
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: The University of Bergen 2015
• Subjects: Dødelighet; Sportsfiske; Torsk; Trykk; barotrauma signs; catch-and-release; containment study; gas embolism; post-release mortality; recreational fishing; swimbladder rupture; sublethal impacts; acoustic telemetry; Access Point; Norway; atlantic cod; Gadus morhua
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/1956/10363

The role of recreational fisheries in the exploitation pressure on fish resources is increasingly recognized. This has led to the introduction of new harvest regulations for several European marine recreational fisheries. Such regulations have been shown to increase the practice of regulatory catch-...