… : (i) Does seismic shooting affect local abundance and catch rates of cod and haddock (…
seismic shooting area can effects be demonstrated? (iii) For how long after seismic shooting …

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 …

… The longline catch rate was given as number of fish per tub (… catch rate for a particular day
was the test statistic, was used to test whether the catch rates changed when seismic shooting …

… catch at night was 4.1 sandeels per grab before shooting and 5.5 sandeels per grab after
shooting… in the mean grab catches prior to (4.1 ± 5.0 sd) and after seismic shooting (5.5 ± 8.0 sd…

… activities may have impacts on the large scale distribution, availability for capture and
catch rates of sandeel. The suggested important phase 2 of the project has not been funded. …

… catch rates, which is the opposite of what was found in these analyses. On the other hand,
the catch rates … during the air gun shooting period, whereas the catch rates of Gadus morhua, …

… of acoustic pulses during seismic surveys was correlated with catch per unit … catch rates
were affected in the years following seismic surveys. In three regions subject to intensive seismic …

… array producing source levels of 250dB re 1µPa-m, with catch rates being reduced for at
least 5 days after the completion of shooting (see Table 1). Both these species are swimbladder …

… We also investigated the potential impacts of the seismic survey on catch rates … in catch
rates before and after the seismic survey. The catch rates in the six months following the seismic …

… , not deeper than about 10 cm, and there are therefore no indications that the sandeels buried
deeper after the seismic shooting, since the average catch rate was equal before and after …