Reducing the benthos by-catch in flatfish beam trawling by means of technical modifications

Fisheries Research

Volumn 55, Issue 1-3, 2002, Pages 219-230

  Fonteyne, Ronald ^a   Polet, Hans ^a  

^a Centrum voor Landbouwkundig Onderzoek Gent CLO / Centre de Recherches Agronomiques Gand   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Beam trawl; Benthos; By catch; Selective devices; Square mesh window

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BYCATCH; FISHING GEAR; MESH SIZE; TRAWL NET;

GADUS MORHUA; INVERTEBRATA; PLEURONECTIFORMES;

EID: 0036162064     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-7836(01)00287-9     Document Type: Article

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1. Report of the study group on the effects of bottom trawling
2. Report of the study group on ecosystem effects of fishing activities
3. Selectivity experiments on sole with diamond and square mesh cod-ends in the Belgian coastal beam trawl fishery
4. The Effects of Fishing on Marine Ecosystems
5. An inventory of vessels and gear types engaged in the Belgian, Dutch and German bottom trawling
6. Codend selection in American plaice: Diamond versus square mesh