Discards remain among the main negative impacts of fishing activities, and their reductions
are strengthened by the European Common Fisheries Policy (European Regulation …

Small-scale fisheries (SSF) use static gear which are thought to interact with marine
ecosystems more benignly than towed gear. Despite this, trammel nets, one of the most …

Specimens of the penaeid shrimp Penaeus aztecus, a West Atlantic species, were collected
off Le Grau du Roi, Gulf of Lion, France, and off the Israeli coast, Levant Basin …

This study aimed to test the effectiveness of a “guarding net”, a device placed at the bottom
of a trammel net, for reducing unwanted catches in the caramote prawn trammel net fishery …

In the Balearic Islands, different trammel net designs have been adopted to promote
fisheries sustainability and reduce discards. Here, we compare the catch performance of …

Experimental fishing was conducted off the port of Quarteira (southern Portugal) from
October 2016 to February 2017 using standard trammel nets and modified nets rigged with a …

The first record of the northern brown shrimp, Penaeus aztecus Ives, 1891, from Libyan
nearshore waters is hereby documented. Thirteen individuals of the species were caught by …

In this study the effects on the discard reduction of guarding net rigged prawn trammel nets
were examined with the focus on catch composition and income of fishermen for the Mersin …

The current study aimed to elucidate the capture mechanism of B. brandaris and H.
trunculus in two métiers of the Greek small-scale fisheries (SSF) that use trammel. The …

Trammel nets are one of the least selective fishing gears and are known to catch a variety of
species, many of which are discarded, including important invertebrates that are considered …