Abstract Commercial bycatch species and their exploitation pattern in the Mediterranean trawl fishery are little studied. The present work examines overall size-selection pattern, both regarding sea fisher onboard vessel, for seven commercial using different codends. applied selection model predicted escape, discard, landing probability each simultaneously, a useful method providing information...

5 Some of the largest submarine canyons in the world incise the eastern Bering Sea shelf break, 6 including Bering, Pribilof, Zhemchug, Pervenets and Navarin canyons. In 2012, the North 7 Pacific Fishery Management Council (NPFMC) received testimony from environmental 8 organizations to protect coral, sponge and other benthic habitat of fish and crab species in two of 9 these canyons (Pribilof ...

• Simple modification of fishing gear mitigates bycatch problem in shrimp fishery. Large mesh panel last upper belly section the trawl reduces bycatch. do not lead to significant loss. In Northeast Atlantic deep-water ( Pandalus borealis ) fishery, juvenile fish and represents a problem. This study evaluated if inserting 200 mm size top-panel three sections tapered could reduce juveniles while ...