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Sequential codend improves quality of trawl-caught cod

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  • Jesse Brinkhof
  • Stein H Olsen
  • Ólafur A Ingólfsson
  • Bent Herrmann
  • Roger B Larsen

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Trawl-caught fish are frequently associated with deteriorated catch quality. This study presents a new dual sequential codend concept with the aim of improving the quality of trawl-caught fish by minimizing the frequency and severity of catch damage. During towing, the fish are retained in an anterior codend segment with the legislated mesh size. A quality improving codend segment, is attached to the aft part of the first codend segment. Its entrance is closed during the towing phase and opened at a predefined depth during haul-back. Comparing the quality of cod (Gadus morhua L.) retained in the sequential codend with cod caught in a conventional codend, demonstrated a significant improvement in the catch quality, i.e. reduction in catch damages. Cod caught in a conventional codend had only a 3.6% probability of being without visually detectable catch damage. The probability for catching cod without catch damage was five times higher when using the dual sequential codend. Furthermore, cod caught in the sequential codend had a significantly reduced probability of incurring specific catch damage, such as gear marks, poor exsanguination, ecchymosis, and skin abrasions.

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  • Jesse Brinkhof & Stein H Olsen & Ólafur A Ingólfsson & Bent Herrmann & Roger B Larsen, 2018. "Sequential codend improves quality of trawl-caught cod," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 13(10), pages 1-14, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0204328
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0204328
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