FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Using a trait-based approach to understand the efficiency of a selective device in a multispecific fishery BT AF Mouchet, Maud Poirson, Manon Morandeau, Fabien Vogel, Camille Méhault, Sonia Kopp, Dorothee AS 1:1;2:1;3:2;4:3;5:2;6:2; FF 1:;2:;3:PDG-RBE-STH-LTBH;4:PDG-RBE-HMMN-LRHPB;5:PDG-RBE-STH-LTBH;6:PDG-RBE-STH-LTBH; C1 UMR 7204 MNHN-SU-CNRS Centre d’Ecologie et des Sciences de la Conservation, CP135, 43 rue Buffon, 75005, Paris, France IFREMER, Unité de Sciences et Technologies Halieutiques, Laboratoire de Technologie et Biologie Halieutique, 8 rue François Toullec, F-56100, Lorient, France IFREMER, Department of Biological Resources and Environment/Fisheries Science for the English Channel and North Sea/Fisheries Resources Laboratory, Avenue du Général de Gaulle, 14520, Port-en-Bessin-Huppain, France C2 MNHN, FRANCE IFREMER, FRANCE IFREMER, FRANCE SI LORIENT PORT-EN-BESSIN SE PDG-RBE-STH-LTBH PDG-RBE-HMMN-LRHPB IN WOS Ifremer UPR DOAJ copubli-france IF 3.998 TC 11 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00512/62330/66588.pdf https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00512/62330/66590.pdf LA English DT Article AB Improving the selectivity of a fishing gear is one technical management measure to significantly reduce by-catch of non-commercial species or undersized individuals. The efficiency of selective device is mainly estimated by comparing species composition, the biomass and length spectrum of caught individuals and escapees while the functional traits of species are rarely accounted for. Using an innovative technical device to reduce catches of undersized individuals in a multispecific bottom trawl fishery in the Bay of Biscay, namely a T90 mesh cylinder, we measured functional traits on both caught and escaped individuals of 18 species. Using a Principal Component Analysis and K-means partitioning, we clustered species into 6 groups illustrating 6 different locomotion strategies. We identified functional traits related to body size, visual ability and locomotion, differing between caught individuals and escapees using Linear Mixed-effects Models. As expected, escapees were smaller on average but also tended to be more streamlined, with a high position of the eyes and fin features characteristic of manoeuvrability and propulsion. Here, we present how a trait-based approach can shed light on the biological characteristics influencing the efficiency of selective devices. PY 2019 PD AUG SO Scientific Reports SN 2045-2322 PU Springer Science and Business Media LLC VL 9 IS 1 UT 000482886700043 DI 10.1038/s41598-019-47117-4 ID 62330 ER EF