… to quantify fish behaviour and commercial fisheries catch rates … catch rates. We tested these
hypotheses using both a field study (fish behaviour analysis) and a desktop study (catch rate …

… Fishermen have long claimed that catch rates decline when a seismic survey starts on a
fishing ground. Likewise, both fishermen and scientists working on fish stock assessment have …

… species selectivity also results from the interaction of fish behaviour and gear characteristics…
describe the catch rates, catch composition and selectivity of the gears used to catch fish and …

… month period of no fishing on catch rate and catchability to assess whether responses … catch
rate and catchability to fishing effort may be a learned behaviour; and (3) examine catch rate …

… in the Barents Sea in March 1995 a hierarchy among fish species was revealed, in which a
… behaviour of this species might reduce the hooking rate for other species. If long-line catch …

… ciples a simple framework for the analysis of one aspect of and effort data for North Sea
haddock and plaice and he fishermen's behaviour, the selection of fishing location. …

… catch rates of juveniles were 4.11 times the deep catch rates whereas the deep catch rates of
adults were 6.67 times the shallow catch rates … , may be attributed to fish behaviour, notably …

… food search behaviour in fish exposed to air-gun sound emissions. Changes in catch rates
of … , acoustic mapping of fish abundance did not suggest displacement from fishing grounds. …

… This study found that changes in fishing fleet behaviour and profitability … race to fish during
times of higher catch rates rather than high … These changes in behaviour resulted in the fishery …

… Light level can also have direct effects on non-rhythmic behaviour patterns that cause
variation in catch rates with baited fishing gear. For example, activity, swim speeds and feeding …