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otter trawl fishing [1 record]

Record 1 2022-05-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Collaboration with the FAO
  • Commercial Fishing
DEF

[A technique used] for fish harvesting [in which] a large net, [held open by two large boards attached to its sides,] is dragged along the bottom or up in the water column behind a towing vessel.

CONT

The effects of repetitive otter trawling on a gravel bottom ecosystem were evaluated ... It is one of very few multi-year otter trawling impact experiments conducted on gravel seabeds, a habitat type that is generally regarded to be particularly vulnerable to bottom fishing gear.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Collaboration avec la FAO
  • Pêche commerciale
CONT

Les effets du chalutage à panneau répétitif sur un écosystème de fond de gravier ont été évalués [...] Il s'agit de l'une des très rares études pluriannuelles sur les impacts des chaluts à panneaux réalisées sur des fonds marins de gravier, un type d'habitat considéré comme particulièrement vulnérable à l'action des engins de pêche de fond.

Spanish

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