Can a large-mesh sieve panel replace or supplement the Nordmøre grid for bycatch mitigation in the northeast Atlantic deep-water shrimp fishery?

• Published in: Fisheries Research
• Main Authors: Jacques, Nadine, Herrmann, Bent, Larsen, Roger B., Sistiaga, Manu Berrondo, Brčić, Jure, Gökçe, Gökhan, Brinkhof, Jesse
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2019
• Subjects: VDP::Agriculture and fishery disciplines: 900::Fisheries science: 920; VDP::Landbruks- og Fiskerifag: 900::Fiskerifag: 920; Shrimp fishery; Bycatch reduction; Nordmøre grid; Sieve panel; Nordmøre; Boreogadus saida; Northeast Atlantic; Pandalus borealis; polar cod
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/15837; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2019.105324

Source at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2019.105324. The Nordmøre grid is the principle bycatch mitigation device in many shrimp trawl fisheries. However, in several of these fisheries, bycatch is a problem because small sized fish can pass through the grid and enter the codend together with the...