1997•Socio-Environmental Systems ModelingOpen access

Incidental Mammal Catches In Pelagic Trawl Fisheries Of The North East Atlantic

Yvon Morizur, Nicholas Tregenza, Henck Heessen, Simon Berrow, Stéphane Pouvreau

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No abstracts are to be cited without prior reference to the author.The marine mammals catch rate of pelagic trawling in the North-east Atlantic has not previously been assessedby direct observation. A study was funded by the European Commission to collect information on the catches offish and mammals by several pelagic trawl fisheries from England, France, Ireland and Netherlands. This paperpresents a summary ofthe results, as far as the bycatch ofmarine mammals is concerned, between 1994-1995.

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Key concepts: Fishery, Pelagic zone, Trawling, Bycatch, Thunnus, Fishing, Porpoise, Tuna