FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Theoretical study of the effect of round straps on the selectivity in a diamond mesh cod-end BT AF HERRMANN, B PRIOUR, Daniel KRAG, L AS 1:1;2:2;3:1; FF 1:;2:PDG-DOP-DCB-STH-LTH;3:; C1 Danish Inst Fisheries Res, N Sea Ctr, DK-9850 Hirtshals, Denmark. IFREMER, Ctr Brest, F-29280 Plouzane, France. C2 DIFRES, DENMARK IFREMER, FRANCE SI BREST SE PDG-DOP-DCB-STH-LTH IN WOS Ifremer jusqu'en 2018 copubli-europe IF 1.216 TC 19 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2006/publication-1870.pdf LA English DT Article DE ;Catch weight;FEMNET;PRESEMO;Round straps;Cod end selectivity AB FEMNET, a numerical tool based on the finite element method, was applied to estimate the shapes of various diamond-mesh cod-end designs during fishing. The only design differences rest in the use of round straps of different lengths, positions and numbers. The cod-end shape estimates were then entered in the selectivity simulation tool PRESEMO to simulate the selectivity processes of the various cod-end designs under the same varying fishing conditions. This enabled us to demonstrate how one or two round straps along the cod-end axis may change the selectivity of the cod-end compared with a reference cod-end, without round straps. We predict that in cod-end designs, which comply with the EU legislation, the 50% retention length (L50) may be reduced by up to 1.5 cm (5%) for haddock. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. PY 2006 PD SEP SO Fisheries Research SN 0165-7836 PU Elsevier VL 80 IS 2-3 UT 000239850600003 BP 148 EP 157 DI 10.1016/j.fishres.2006.04.018 ID 1870 ER EF