Abstract The Baltic cod (Gadus morhua) plays a very significant role in the Baltic Sea
ecosystem being the major fish top predator and the most important commercial species for …

The study of fisheries‐induced evolution is a research field which is becoming recognized
both as an important and interesting problem in applied evolution, as well as a practical …

Selectivity properties of five codend types were evaluated using the covered codend
method. The codends tested were 152, 165 and 178mm diamond mesh codends, and 165 …

Many jurisdictions have introduced management regimes prohibiting or limiting discarding,
and a key objective of the European Union Common Fisheries Policy is the gradual …

In the past, experimental fishing with square mesh codends was conducted with the
expectation that this would lead to a better defined size selection indicated by a smaller …

Several fleets with various fishing strategies operate as a mixed fishery in the Bay of Biscay.
Among the main fleets, bottom trawlers target Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus) and …

Methods of assessment that depend upon commercial catch data can be undermined by
misreporting or where parts of the catch, such as discards, are not accounted for. An age …

Seasonal changes in the selectivity of 40 mm PE codend were investigated in the Eastern
Aegean Sea. Selectivity of the same codend was tested for red mullet (Mullus barbatus), by …

Özbilgin, H., Tosunoğlu, Z., Tokaç, A., and Metin, G. 2007. Seasonal variation in the trawl
codend selectivity of picarel (Spicare smaris).–ICES Journal of Marine Science, 64: 1569 …

In this paper, the potential improvement of size-selectivity by increasing codend mesh size
and changing twine type is addressed for the main commercial species exploited by …