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Species selectivity in different sized topless trawl designs: Does size matter?

Based on: Krag L.A., Herrmann B., Karlsen J.D. & Mieske B. (2015)

Avoidance of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) with a topless trawl in the New England groundfish fishery

Based on: Eayrs S., Pol M., Caporossi S.T. & Bouchard C. (2017)

On electrical fishing for brown shrimp (Crangon crangon): II. Sea trials

Based on: Polet H., Delanghe F. & Verschoore R. (2005)

Electrotrawling: a promising alternative fishing technique warranting further exploration

Based on: Soetaert M., Decostere A., Polet H., Verschueren B. & Chiers K. (2015)

The effect of twine thickness on cod-end selectivity of trawls for haddock in the North Sea

Based on: Lowry N. & Robertson J.H.B. (1996)

The influence of twine thickness on the size selectivity of polyamide codends in a Mediterranean bottom trawl

Based on: Sala A., Lucchetti A. & Buglioni G. (2007)

The influence of twine thickness, twine number and netting orientation on codend selectivity

Based on: Herrmann B., Wienbeck H., Moderhak W., Stepputtis D. & Krag L.A. (2013)

Modifying otter boards to reduce bottom contact: effects on catches and efficiencies of triple-rigged penaeid trawls

Based on: Broadhurst M.K., Sterling D.J. & Millar R.B. (2015)

Comparing three conventional penaeid-trawl otter boards and the new batwing design

Based on: McHugh M.J., Broadhurst M.K., Sterling D.J. & Millar R.B. (2015)

Relative benthic disturbances of conventional and novel otter boards

Based on: McHugh M.J., Broadhurst M.K., Sterling D.J., Millar R.B., Skilleter G. & Kennelly S.J. (2015)

Assessment of an environmentally friendly, semi-pelagic fish trawl

Based on: Brewer D., Eayrs S., Mounsey R. & Wang Y. (1996)

Reduced herding of flounders by floating bridles: application in Gulf of Maine Northern shrimp trawls to reduce bycatch

Based on: He P., Rillahan C. & Balzano V. (2015)

A simple technical measure to reduce bycatch and discard of skates and sharks in mixed-species bottom-trawl fisheries

Based on: Kynoch R.J., Fryer R.J. & Neat F.C. (2015)

Selectivity of conventional diamond- and novel square-mesh codends in an Australian estuarine penaeid-trawl fishery

Based on: Broadhurst M.K., Millar R.B., Kennelly S.J., MACBETH W.G., Young D.J. & Gray C.A. (2004)

The effect of varying cod-end circumference, inserting a ‘flexi-grid’ or inserting a Bacoma type panel on the selectivity of North Sea haddock and saithe

Based on: O’Neill F.G., Graham N., Kynoch R.J., Ferro R.S.T., Kunzlik P.A. & Fryer R.J. (2008)

Square-mesh codend circumference and selectivity

Based on: Broadhurst M.K. & Millar R.B. (2009)

Effects of codend circumference and twine diameter on selection in south-eastern Australian fish trawls

Based on: Graham K.J., Broadhurst M.K. & Millar R.B. (2009)

The effect of mesh configuration and codend circumference on selectivity in the Mediterranean trawl Nephrops fishery

Based on: Sala A. & Lucchetti A. (2010)

Effect of mesh size and codend circumference on selectivity in the Mediterranean demersal trawl fisheries

Based on: Sala A. & Lucchetti A. (2011)

Effect of netting direction and number of meshes around on size selection in the codend for Baltic cod (Gadus morhua)

Based on: Wienbeck H., Herrmann B., Moderhak W. & Stepputtis D. (2011)

Size selection in codends made of thin-twined Dyneema netting compared to standard codends: A case study with cod, plaice and flounder

Based on: Herrmann B., Wienbeck H., Stepputtis D., Krag L.A., Feekings J. & Moderhak W. (2015)

Reducing discards without reducing profit: free gear choice in a Danish result-based management trial

Based on: Mortensen L.O., Ulrich C., Eliasen S. & Olesen H.J. (2017)

Demersal pair trawl cod-end selectivity models

Based on: Galbraith R.D., Fryer R.J. & Maitland K.M.S. (1994)

Effects of the circumference of codends and a new design of square-mesh panel in reducing unwanted by-catch in the New South Wales oceanic prawn-trawl fishery, Australia

Based on: Broadhurst M.K. & Kennelly S.J. (1996)

Trawl net modifications to reduce the bycatch of eulachon (Thaleichthys pacificus) in the ocean shrimp (Pandalus jordani) fishery

Based on: Hannah R.W., Jones S.A., Lomeli M.J.M. & Wakefield W.W. (2011)