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 …

This paper is about improving the viability of discard-reduction pilot projects. One way to
address the problem of wasteful discarding of fish at sea is to initiate pilot projects to trial …

Marine wild-capture fisheries depend on the capacity of the ocean to provide a flow of
harvestable resources to sustain the industry. Paradoxically, conventional fishing often …

Modern fisheries management discourse is supported by two fundamental narratives that
have global impacts. One is the fear of open access regimes, and the other is the …

Accurate data on discards, the proportion of the catch that fishers do not retain, is necessary
to achieve socioeconomically and ecologically sustainable fisheries. We review …

Abstract Article 4 of EU Regulation 1380/2013 on the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) define
'technical measure'as “a measure that regulates the composition of catches by species and …

Discard of unwanted catches are common in European fisheries, but reducing or banning
this has been given high priority in the proposal for the reform of the Common Fisheries …

Grey seal predation has been blamed by fishers for the decline of Atlantic cod stocks and
has led to calls for seal culls. In the West of Scotland, estimates of cod consumption by seals …

Five modified trawl codends were assessed for their utility in simultaneously improving the
size selectivity of cod (Gadus morhua) and plaice (Pleuronectes platessa) in the Baltic Sea …

A number of solutions, with varying efficiency, have been proposed to mitigate discards. In
this paper twelve mitigation measures were reviewed by their strengths and weaknesses …