Effect of Codend Circumference on the Size Selection of Square-Mesh Codends in Trawl Fisheries.

It is well established that increasing mesh number in the circumference of a diamond-mesh trawl codend can reduce size selection for round fish, whereas selection for flat fish species is unaffected. This effect has also been documented in Mediterranean trawl fisheries. In contrast, no information i...

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Main Authors: Antonello Sala, Bent Herrmann, Francesco De Carlo, Alessandro Lucchetti, Jure Brčić
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4966963?pdf=render