Fishing gear and techniques have evolved through the centuries, and particularly after the
Second World War, towards a mass production industry in such a scale that it has placed …

Global efforts to reduce unwanted catches have led to the development of a vast array of by‐
catch reduction devices (BRDs), in particular for mixed trawl fisheries. Some of these BRDs …

Bycatch of rays and skates in towed fishing gears represents one of the major threats to
these relatively slow-growing marine species. The objective of this study was to modify …

To address the challenges of the Landing Obligation, fishers need to be able to adjust the
selective performance of each fishing operation in response to what they observe on the …

This study investigated the size selectivity and catch efficiency in the North-east Atlantic
demersal trawl fishery targeting cod (Gadus morhua) and haddock (Melanogrammus …

Fishing is by nature and design selective, targeting species and sizes that yield the highest
economic returns. Manipulation of the selective characteristics of fishing gear has been an …

Catch monitoring during demersal trawling is important to help fishers around the globe to
cope with high bycatches. Information about catch composition during towing will allow …

The use of a sorting grid followed by a size-selective codend with minimum 130 mm mesh
size is compulsory in the Northeast Atlantic demersal trawl fishery targeting cod (Gadus …

Square mesh panels (SMPs) are selective devices used extensively to supplement codend
size selectivity in trawl fisheries. Therefore, predictions of the effect of mesh size in both …

Two decades of use of the compulsory selectivity gear configuration in the Northeast Atlantic
bottom trawl fishery, which consists of a rigid sorting grid followed by a diamond mesh …