Better shrimp grading with short belly trawl
A shrimp trawl with a shorter belly filters out smaller shrimp more effectively, according to Norwegian research.
Escape panel allows discard exemption – for the moment
With the discard ban in place for demersal fishermen, Pim Visser of VisNed in Holland commented that they have been fortunate that there is an exemption for boats fishing with what the Dutch fishermen refer to as a ‘Belgian net,’ which has a three metre 120mm panel ahead of the codend.