Otter trawling for fish is one of the world's most productive yet problematic fishing methods
due to its bycatch and discards; issues that have been mitigated in some fisheries by …

The main objective of this study was to compare and predict the size selective properties of
90° turned mesh codends (T90) with those of similar standard diamond mesh codends (T0) …

Commercial bycatch species and their exploitation pattern in the Mediterranean trawl fishery
are little studied. The present work examines the overall size-selection pattern, both …

Poor selectivity of demersal trawls targeting fish, crustaceans and cephalopods in Mersin
Bay, Turkey,(and more broadly for most Mediterranean demersal trawlers) is a significant …

Given that the discard has crucial impact on the coastal ecosystems, various countries
around the world adopted various regulations to reduce the discard of non-commercial and …

Management of the Mediterranean demersal stocks has proven challenging mainly due to
the multi-species character of the fisheries. In the present work, we focus on the multi …

European hake (Merluccius merluccius) is an important commercial species for several
European bottom trawl fisheries. Therefore, understanding the influence of codend mesh …

Gear selectivity and discards are important issues related to fisheries management but
separately modelled. This work examines for the first time the overall size-selection pattern …

This paper compares the selectivity of 44 mm diamond mesh codend used in commercial
fisheries (D44) and alternative codends 50 mm diamond (D50), a 40 mm square (S40) and a …

Poor selectivity and high discard rate of hand-woven slack knotted codend is a serious
problem for north eastern Mediterranean demersal fish stocks. This study investigates the …