Use of selective devices in trawls to support recovery of the Kattegat cod stock: A review of experiments and experience

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2042-2050

  Madsen, Niels ^a   Valentinsson, Daniel ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Sweden)

Author keywords

bycatch; cod; discards; escape window; Kattegat; Nephrops; recovery; selectivity; sorting grid; trawl

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BYCATCH; COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY; DEMERSAL FISHERY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FISHING EFFORT; GADOID FISHERY; INCENTIVE; LEGAL SYSTEM; LOBSTER; MESH SIZE; MORTALITY; RECOVERY PLAN; SIZE SELECTION; SPAWNING; STOCK ASSESSMENT; TRAWLING;

KATTEGAT;

GADUS MORHUA; NEPHROPS; NEPHROPS NORVEGICUS; PLEURONECTIFORMES;

EID: 78649384450     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsq153     Document Type: Review

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