survival of small-spotted catshark (scyliorhinus canicula) discarded by trawlers in the cantabrian sea

c. rodríguez-cabello; a. fernández; i. olaso; f. sánchez

doi:10.1017/S002531540501221X

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discards represent a significant percentage of the total catches (up to 35%) in the north of spain trawl fishery. in the cantabrian sea (southern area of the bay of biscay), the estimated average total annual catch of small-spotted catshark (scyliorhinus canicula) is approximately 1500 tn, from which 80% is discarded. several experiments have been carried out in order to estimate the survival-rate of the small-spotted catshark caught by commercial trawlers in this area. the estimate of mean survival-rate from tagging surveys was 90% while from commercial trawlers it was 78%. several factors potentially influencing the survival-rate (sex, length, maximum depth fished, sorting time and trawl duration) were examined. no significant differences in survival-rates were found between males and females, and no strong relationships between survival-rate and depth fished, sorting time or trawl duration were evident. in commercial trawlers survival-rate was not dependent on the fish length.

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