This review focuses on the Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus) as a resource, describing
how the fishery has developed from the 1960s to the present day to become one of the most …

This review summarizes the data on habitat, population ecology and ecosystem roles of
Nephrops norvegicus. The species has a broad range in the northeast Atlantic and …

The European fisheries policy has undergone a substantial reform. The reform process was
initiated by a Green Paper published by the European Commission in 2009. It was recently …

A feasibility study was conducted on the impacts of the new Common Fisheries Policy (CFP)
rules requiring catches in regulated fisheries to be landed and counted against quotas of …

Abstract The European Commission landing obligation, including species-specific “high
survival” exemptions, has established a need for accurate discard survival estimates. This …

Although fishing with electricity is illegal in the European Union, a number of temporary
licences allowed converting beam trawlers to pulse trawling. To analyse how the adaption of …

Ecosystem effects of bottom trawl fisheries are of major concern. Although it is prohibited to
catch fish using electricity in European Union waters, a number of beam trawlers obtained a …

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 …

Catch monitoring during demersal trawling is important to help fishers around the globe to
cope with high bycatches. Information about catch composition during towing will allow …

In an effort to improve the selectivity of beam trawls in the Belgian flatfish fishery, codend
size selectivity of three flatfish and two roundfish species were compared testing 80 mm …