The effectiveness of baited fishing gear ultimately depends upon behaviour of the target
species–activity rhythms, feeding motivation, and sensory and locomotory abilities. While …

The need to accurately quantify fishing effort has increased in recent years as fisheries have
expanded around the world and many fish stocks and non‐target species are threatened …

Nous analysons la dynamique des flottes et les comportements des pêcheurs des points de
vue économique et sociologique dans des pêches commerciales en émergence, des …

Many marine fish stocks are overexploited and considerable overcapacity exists in fishing
fleets worldwide. One of the reasons for the imbalance between resource availability and …

Standardization of commercial catch and effort data is important in fisheries where
standardized abundance indices based on fishery-dependent data are a fundamental input …

Although fishing with electricity is illegal in the European Union, a number of temporary
licences allowed converting beam trawlers to pulse trawling. To analyse how the adaption of …

Based on information from an international inventory of gears currently deployed by trawlers
in five European countries, the relationship between vessel engine power and trawl size is …

The hydro-acoustic target strength (TS) of herring (Clupea harengus L.) was estimated from
the catch composition of 19 pelagic-trawl hauls and from simultaneous recordings with a …

Abstract Evaluation of fisheries management and sustainability indicators can be supported
by a reliable index of harvest rate. However, the most appropriate model that accounts for …

Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides) have been fished in the Kerguelen Islands
zone for 20 years, firstly with trawlers and more recently with longliners. This is the oldest …