Discards and survival of marine benthic invertebrates from the trawl metier for the european hake

Abstract

The issue of the fishery discards is of great interest in fishery management from the new policy of the European Union 2013 ((EU) No 1380/2013) which proposes a gradual reduction of discards. Within the project (VIBAM)1 a seasonal study between the years 2011-2012 was conducted in order to assess the discard composition with special interest in the discarding of juvenile of Merluccius merluccius and the invertebrate survival coming from the trawl in the Catalan Coast (Palamós) Currently In the framework of the European MINOUW2 (H2020-SFS-2014-2) project, the works on the assessment the survival of discard continue, using the ICES WKMEDS protocols (ICES WKMEDS REPORT; 2014), with special interest in the discarding of commercial species as Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus)