• Assessment of the Relative Catch Performance of a Surrounding Net without the Purse Line as an Alternative to a Traditional Boat Seine in Small-Scale Fisheries 

      Notti, Emilio; Brcic, Jure; De Carlo, Francesco; Herrmann, Bent; Lucchetti, Alexandro; Virgili, Massimo; Antonello, Sala (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2016-03-30)
      The catch performance of a traditional Ligurian boat seine, which is not in line with the European Union regulation, was compared with an experimental surrounding net without the purse line as a potential legal alternative. The relative catch performance between the two gear types was assessed using a new catch comparison method requiring neither paired data collection nor equal number of hauls with ...
    • Can vertical separation of species in trawls be utilized to reduce bycatch in shrimp fisheries? 

      Larsen, Roger B.; Herrmann, Bent; Brcic, Jure; Sistiaga, Manu; Cerbule, Kristine; Nielsen, Kåre Nolde; Jacques, Nadine; Lomeli, Mark Joseph Max; Tokac, Adnan; Cuende, Elsa (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-03-26)
      Several shrimp trawl fisheries use a Nordmöre sorting grid to avoid bycatch of fish. However, small fish can pass through the grid. Therefore, the retention of juvenile fish often remains an issue during shrimp trawling. We investigated the vertical distribution of deepwater shrimp (<i>Pandalus borealis</i>) and dominant bycatch species at the point where the Nordmöre grid section is installed. This ...
    • Effect of Codend Circumference on the Size Selection of Square-Mesh Codends in Trawl Fisheries 

      Sala, Antonello; Herrmann, Bent; De Carlo, Francesco; Lucchetti, Alexandro; Brcic, Jure (Peer reviewed; Journal article; Tidsskriftsartikkel, 2016-07-29)
      It is well established that increasing mesh number in the circumference of a diamond-mesh trawl codend can reduce size selection for round fish, whereas selection for flat fish species is unaffected. This effect has also been documented in Mediterranean trawl fisheries. In contrast, no information is available with regard to the effect of increasing mesh number in the circumference of square-mesh ...