Nephrops norvegicus (L.) is widely distributed in the north‐east Atlantic and Mediterranean.
The species forms burrows in muddy sediments and is found wherever conditions are …

Anarhichas lupus is a boreo‐Arctic species with biological characteristics often associated
with vulnerability to overexploitation. Although not commercially targeted in the North Sea, A …

Lobsters are one of the most commercially important groups of animals harvested and
farmed throughout the world. Bringing high prices on the market and the table, the results …

Discards represent one of the most important issues within current commercial fishing. It
occurs for a range of reasons and is influenced by an even more complex array of factors …

In this work we studied an artisanal fishery targeting mainly soles (Solea senegalensis and
Solea solea) and cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis) with trammel nets. Catches of target species …

Nets with a small mesh size are required to catch Nephrops norvegicus, consequently large
quantities of small whitefish are also caught, and much of this bycatch is undersized and is …

Global efforts to reduce unwanted catches have led to the development of a vast array of by‐
catch reduction devices (BRDs), in particular for mixed trawl fisheries. Some of these BRDs …

Discard of unwanted catches are common in European fisheries, but reducing or banning
this has been given high priority in the proposal for the reform of the Common Fisheries …

The recent establishment of the “landing obligation” under the reformed EU Common
Fishery Policy has the twofold objective of reducing the excessive practice of discarding …

A number of solutions, with varying efficiency, have been proposed to mitigate discards. In
this paper twelve mitigation measures were reviewed by their strengths and weaknesses …