• Bycatch reduction in the deep-water shrimp (Pandalus borealis) trawl fishery by increasing codend mesh openness 

      Jacques, Nadine; Cerbule, Kristine; Pettersen, Hermann; Herrmann, Bent; Ingólfsson, Ólafur; Sistiaga, Manu Berrondo; Larsen, Roger B.; Brinkhof, Jesse; Grimaldo, Vela Eduardo; Brčić, Jure; Lilleng, Dagfinn (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-08-03)
      In most trawl fisheries, drag forces tend to close the meshes in large areas of diamond mesh codends, negatively affecting their selective potential. In the Barents Sea deep-water shrimp (Pandalus borealis) trawl fishery, selectivity is based on a sorting grid followed by a diamond mesh codend. However, the retention of juvenile fish as well as undersized shrimp is still a problem. In this study, ...
    • Bycatch reduction in the deep-water shrimp (Pandalus borealis) trawl fishery with a large mesh top panel 

      Cerbule, Kristine; Jacques, Nadine; Pettersen, Hermann; Ingólfsson, Ólafur Arnar; Herrmann, Bent; Grimaldo, Eduardo; Larsen, Roger B.; Brinkhof, Jesse; Sistiaga, Manu; Lilleng, Dagfinn; Brčić, Jure (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-04-08)
      In the Northeast Atlantic deep-water shrimp (Pandalus borealis) trawl fishery, the bycatch of juvenile fish and shrimp represents a problem. This study evaluated if inserting a 200 mm mesh size top-panel in the last three sections of the tapered upper belly section of the trawl could reduce bycatch of juveniles while maintaining the catch efficiency for deep-water shrimp. The bycatch species ...