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 …

Biological invasions have become a defining feature of marine Mediterranean ecosystems
with significant impacts on biodiversity, ecosystem services, and human health. We …

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 …

This study presents the catch composition and biodiversity of Mersin Bay, northeastern
Mediterranean, which is an important fishing ground for demersal trawls. A total of 182 hauls …

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 …

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 …

This study investigated the selectivity of 90 turned meshes of 40 mm mesh size with 165
meshes around codend circumferences (40T1), 44 mm meshes size with 300 meshes …

In this work, the by-catch was investigated in commercial beam trawls used in the rapa
whelk (Rapana venosa) fishery, in trials at sea between September 1, 2015 and April 30 …

More than half of the landing (70%) of Red mullet (Mullus barbatus) in Turkey is provided
from the Black Sea, which is almost all (96%) with bottom trawls. The effect of demersal trawl …

Bu çalışmanın amacı Gökçeada (Kuzey Ege Denizi) çevresinde gerçekleştirilen ticari trol
balıkçılığındaki ıskarta, hedef dışı ve hedef av için birim çaba başına düşen av miktarının …