FN Archimer Export Format
PT J
TI Engineering development of flexible selectivity grids for Nephrops
BT 
AF LOAEC, Henri
   MORANDEAU, Fabien
   MEILLAT, Marc
   DAVIES, Peter
AS 1:1;2:2;3:2;4:1;
FF 1:PDG-DOP-DCB-ERT-MS;2:PDG-DOP-DCB-STH-LTH;3:PDG-DOP-DCB-STH-LTH;4:PDG-DOP-DCB-ERT-MS;
C1 IFREMER, Ctr Brest, Mat & Struct Grp, French Ocean Res Inst, F-29280 Plouzane, France.
   IFREMER, Ctr Lorient, Fishing Technol Grp, French Ocean Res Inst, F-56100 Lorient, France.
C2 IFREMER, FRANCE
   IFREMER, FRANCE
SI BREST
   LORIENT
SE PDG-DOP-DCB-ERT-MS
   PDG-DOP-DCB-STH-LTH
IN WOS Ifremer jusqu'en 2018
IF 1.216
TC 21
UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2006/publication-1690.pdf
LA English
DT Article
DE ;Damage resistance;Polyurethane;Nephrops;Grid;Size selection;By catch;Selectivity
AB There are different approaches to selectivity, including increasing cod-end mesh size, square mesh panels and rigid grids. Selectivity grids have traditionally been produced to be as rigid as possible to maintain spacing but this can result in heavy, expensive grids, handling problems and brittleness. This paper presents an alternative approach using flexible polyurethane polymers to produce lightweight inexpensive grids with much improved damage tolerance and ease of handling, which also possess interesting selectivity characteristics. The material selection, design and development tests are described first, then preliminary sea trial results are presented. A flexible grid with a 20 mm spacing between bars performed successfully and enabled a reduction in juvenile catch of 87% by weight to be achieved, but also significant loss of commercial catch. Further development will concentrate on reducing the spacing to optimise selectivity. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
PY 2006
PD JUL
SO Fisheries Research
SN 0165-7836
PU Elsevier
VL 79
IS 1-2
UT 000238401700024
BP 210
EP 218
DI 10.1016/j.fishres.2006.01.011
ID 1690
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