• Catch pattern and size selectivity for a gear designed to prevent fish injuries during the capture process in a North-East Atlantic demersal trawl fishery 

      Herrmann, Bent; Sistiaga, Manu; Larsen, Roger B.; Brinkhof, Jesse; Gjøsund, Svein Helge; Jacques, Nadine; Santos, Juan (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-11-04)
      In the North-East Atlantic demersal trawl fishery targeting cod and haddock, the interest on fishing gear designs that preserve fish quality and welfare has grown. However, the gear configurations tested so far imply practical challenges, therefore, more user-friendly designs are still sought by the industry. For a new design to be considered, it needs to have size selective properties that are at ...
    • Effect of gear design on catch damage on cod (Gadus morhua) in the Barents Sea demersal trawl fishery 

      Brinkhof, Jesse; Herrmann, Bent; Sistiaga, Manu; Larsen, Roger B.; Jacques, Nadine; Gjøsund, Svein Helge (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-08-18)
      Damage incurred during the catch process is an indicator of the overall quality of fish and fish welfare. Because catch quality is difficult to improve once it has deteriorated, it is important to preserve quality during the catch process. Atlantic cod (<i>Gadus morhua</i>) is the most important species in the Barents Sea bottom trawl fishery. Bottom trawling is a non-benign fishing method, and it ...
    • Field demonstration of a novel towed, area bubble-plume zooplankton (Calanus sp.) harvesting approach 

      Grimaldo, Eduardo; Leifer, Ira; Gjøsund, Svein Helge; Larsen, Roger B.; Jeuthe, Henrik (Research report; Forskningsrapport, 2010)
      This paper presents field experiment results of using a new technology to harvest copepods (Calanus sp.) in the ocean by bubble upwelling. Two largo-scale bubble rafts, a 21 m2 and a flexible 75 m2 bubble raft with tow parallel and perpendicular sparger elements, respectively, were field tested in areas with high, upper 25-m water column Calanus densities. Measured bubble-driven upwelling velocities ...
    • Quantification of gear inflicted damages on trawl-caught haddock in the Northeast Atlantic fishery 

      Sistiaga, Manu; Herrmann, Bent; Brinkhof, Jesse; Larsen, Roger B.; Jacques, Nadine; Santos, Juan; Gjøsund, Svein Helge (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-06-12)
      External damages are indicators of the overall quality of fish and fish welfare. Haddock is an important commercial species widespread in the North Atlantic, but few studies related to quality have been carried out on this species. We studied the levels of external damages on haddock captured with a demersal trawl in the Northeast Atlantic. Further, we investigated to what extent the compulsory ...