Acronym NA
Category
Fisheries
Title Selectivity studies in the Barents Sea bottom trawl gadoid fishery: Gear and methods Programme National Programme
Instrument (FP6)
Contact Type (FP7)
Strand (Interreg)
NA
Theme (FP7)
Activity Area (FP6)
Regional Area (Interreg)
Action (COST)
NA
Specific Programme (FP7)
NA
Funding source National Coordinator Roger B. Larsen Coordinator email roger.larsen@uit.no
Coordinator institution
UiT - The Arctic University of Norway (Norway)
Institutions involved
NA
Start year 2007 End year NA Funding (€) € 200,000 Website NA Summary The project is a study of the selection gear, sampling methods, and approaches used in selectivity studies of the North-east Arctic bottom trawl gadoid fishery. The goals of this research were to positively contribute to the understanding of the selection processes that occur in the gear used in this fishery and alternative gears used in other seas and to develop improvements for the sampling methodologies and selectivity estimation approaches used today. The project report consists of five papers and an introduction, and they are presented and discussed in a common framework. The introduction is divided into six different sections: (1) Is an introductory chapter in which the gear, fishery, and selectivity studies conducted in the Barents Sea bottom trawl fishery are discussed; (2) Presents a description of the sea trials performed and the main challenges faced during the data collection process. The papers that constitute the core of this thesis are divided into three groups and are presented and discussed in the subsequent three sections; (3) Presents two particular case studies (Papers I and II), whereas; (4) Describes more general investigations of methodology (Papers III and IV); (5) Describes a multidisciplinary approach to conducting comprehensive trawl selectivity studies (Paper V); (6) Includes some final remarks and points out some directions for future work.
Keywords
Fishing technology;
Trawling;
Gear selectivity;
Marine Region
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Barents Sea (27.I)
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