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 …

Abstract In the Mediterranean Sea, where bottom trawling for demersal species is the most
important fishery in terms of landings, around 75% of the assessed fish stocks are …

Stock overexploitation, bycatch, discards and gear impacts on the environment are
outstanding issues for Mediterranean fisheries. The adoption of alternative fishing gears is …

Bottom trawl fisheries often catch several species simultaneously. However, most studies
addressing the catch performance and selectivity of a specific trawl focus on a few …

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 …

This paper evaluates the effect of changing from a diamond mesh codend (T0) to a 90°
turned mesh codend (T90) on the size selectivity of seven commercially important species in …

The catch composition of bottom trawls is commonly refined and improved through changes
in codend design. Measures like reducing the number of meshes in codend circumference …

The catch of large quantities of sublegal‐sized fish and shrimp is a pervasive feature of
bottom trawl fisheries, particularly in the Mediterranean demersal mixed fisheries where …

A bioeconomic model was built to assess the contribution of more selective trawl nets to the
objectives of the European Multi-Annual Plan for demersal fisheries in the Western …

Elasmobranchs are among the most threatened long-lived marine species in the
Mediterranean Sea. Incidental catch and intense fishing effort are considered the major …