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 …

Atlantic horse mackerel (Trachurus trachurus) is one of the main target pelagic species of
the coastal purse seining and bottom trawling Galician fleets. The goal of this LCA study was …

Though trawling contributes significantly to landings in India, issues like bycatch which
comprises of juveniles of commercially important species and impacts to the sea bottom are …

The Celtic Sea is a productive fishing ground, therefore identifying the relative importance of
fishing and environmental factors on fish stock dynamics is crucial for developing our …

The selective properties of a bottom trawl fitted with a 70 mm diamond mesh codend and a
100 mm top square mesh panel (SMP) for hake (Merluccius merluccius), pouting …

As part of two research projects for analysing bycatch and discards, we quantified catch
composition, catch rates, bycatch and discard,, in two important commercial bottom trawl …

A spiny dogfish Squalus acanthias excluder grate (grid) within the extension of a silver hake
(whiting) Merluccius bilinearis trawl net was designed and tested in Massachusetts Bay …

As part of attempts to improve and promote acceptance of the Nordmøre-grid in a Brazilian
artisanal penaeid canoe-trawl fishery, the effects of bar spaces on the catches of key teleosts …

Fisheries discards are an issue of general management and societal concern. This study
presents the first analysis and characterization of discards composition from Iberian trawl …

Several fleets with various fishing strategies operate as a mixed fishery in the Bay of Biscay.
Among the main fleets, bottom trawlers target Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus) and …