• 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 ...
    • The effect of grid size on catch efficiency and by-catch in the demersal trawl fishery for Norway pout (Trisopterus esmarkii) 

      Brinkhof, Jesse; Grimaldo Vela, Eduardo Enrique; Herrmann, Bent; Pettersen, Hermann (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-09-05)
      Norway pout (Trisopterus esmarkii) is caught with large trawls with small meshed codends, inevitably causing the fishery to have large by-catch issues. To reduce the amount of by-catch, a rigid sorting grid was made compulsory in 2010. However, there is still a severe by-catch issue, as well as the loss of target species because of the grid. A possible cause might be clogging of the grid, which could ...
    • Improved bycatch reduction in the mixed demersal trawl fishery for Norway pout (Trisopterus esmarkii) 

      Grimaldo, Eduardo; Brinkhof, Jesse; Herrmann, Bent; Cerbule, Kristine; Grimsmo, Leif; Pettersen, Hermann (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-12-22)
      In this study, we compared the bycatch reduction capacity of a trawl fitted with a standard rigid sorting grid with that of a trawl fitted with a newly developed, flexible system called the Excluder. We conducted the fishing trials in the Norway pout (Trisopterus esmarkii) small-meshed trawl fishery in the North Sea. Catch data were analysed by species and length using the catch comparison and catch ...