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: Public Library of Science 2019
• Subjects: VDP::Agriculture and fishery disciplines: 900::Fisheries science: 920; VDP::Landbruks- og Fiskerifag: 900::Fiskerifag: 920; Barents Sea; Nordmøre; Pandalus borealis
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/16404; https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0222391

Source at 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...