Effects of environmental conditions and catch processing on survival probability of plaice discards in the North Sea pulse trawl fishery.

Undersized European plaice dominate the discarded fraction of the catch of the beam trawl fisheries for sole in the Southern North Sea. Effects of environmental conditions at sea and of the use of a water-filled hopper on the survival of undersized European plaice discarded by pulse trawl fisheries...

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Main Authors: Edward Schram, Pieke Molenaar, Paul W Goedhart, Jan Jaap Poos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2023-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0287020