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MIDWATER TURBO TRAWL [1 record]

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Record 1 2023-07-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Commercial Fishing
CONT

... the larger trawlers began using a mid-water trawl that was referred to as the "turbo trawl[."] This gear [is] 5-10 times more efficient than the bottom trawl and [can] be ... fished 24 [hours/day] by adjusting where it [fishes] in the water column. The turbo trawl [has] a low bycatch of other species, but because it [is] a midwater trawl, it likely [has] a greater selectivity for smaller redfsh, which tend to be concentrated higher in the water column than large redfsh ...

Key term(s)
  • mid-water turbo trawl

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pêche commerciale

Spanish

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