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| Vogel, Camille; Kopp, Dorothee; Mehault, Sonia. |
| On January 1st, 2016, the French mixed Nephrops and hake fishery of the Grande Vasière, an area located in the Bay of Biscay, fell under the discard ban implemented as part of the new European Common Fisheries Policy. The fleet records historically high levels of discard despite numerous gear selectivity studies. Together with high discards survival, new technological solutions to minimize catches of undersized individuals could justify local exemptions from the discard ban. Our study focuses on the effects of two selective devices, a square mesh cylinder (SMC) and a grid, on the escapement of undersized individuals and discard reduction. Relative catch probability of the modified gear compared with the traditional gear was modelled using the catch... |
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Palavras-chave: Nephrops; European hake; Discard ban; Gear technology; Catch comparison; Selectivity. |
| Ano: 2017 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00356/46717/46906.pdf |
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| Vogel, Camille; Kopp, Dorothee; Morandeau, Fabien; Morfin, Marie; Mehault, Sonia. |
| In the English Channel and Southern Bight, French demersal trawlers target a mix of demersal species including whiting (Merlangius merlangus). The discard ban to be implemented in January 2016 motivated fishermen to look for technical measures to reduce unwanted catches of undersized individuals (<27 cm). From 2008–2014, 18 different gear configurations were tested for bycatch reduction on board fleets of vessels of 16–20 m and 20–24 m. Selective devices tested included grids, square mesh panels (SMP), square mesh cylinders (SMC), various combinations of these devices and large mesh trawls. Using the catch comparison method, our results focus on six devices that proved efficient to reduce catches of undersized whiting, equally divided between the two... |
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Palavras-chave: Square mesh; Sorting grids; Fishing gear technology; Merlangius merlangus; Catch comparison; GLMM. |
| Ano: 2017 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00384/49553/50079.pdf |
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