• Bycatch Reduction in Eastern North Pacific Trawl Fisheries 

      Lomeli, Mark Joseph Max (Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 2019-12-20)
      <p>This thesis provides an overview of recent selectivity studies conducted in eastern North Pacific trawl fisheries (e.g., West Coast groundfish bottom trawl fishery, Pacific hake [<i>Merluccius productus</i>] fishery, and ocean shrimp [<i>Pandalus jordani</i>] fishery). Collectively, these fisheries play a significant role in supporting fishing jobs, income, and coastal communities. However, bycatch ...
    • 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 ...
    • Testing of hook sizes and appendages to reduce yelloweye rockfish bycatch in a Pacific halibut longline fishery 

      Lomeli, Mark Joseph Max; Wakefield, W. Waldo; Abele, Meagan; Dykstra, Claude L.; Herrmann, Bent; Stewart, Ian J.; Christie, Gregory C. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-06-03)
      In Pacific halibut (Hippoglossus stenolepis) longline fisheries in the eastern North Pacific Ocean bycatch of yelloweye rockfish (Sebastes ruberrimus) is a concern as their stock status along the U.S. West Coast is “rebuilding” from being “overfished”, the southeast Alaska stock has shown a ∼60% decline since at least 1994 and through 2015 where it stabilized, and the Canadian stock has been recently ...