Bristol Channel 100mm codend trials 2010/11 - Fisheries Science Partnership

This work was carried out as part of the Fisheries Science Partnership (FSP), a Defra-funded collaborative programme of scientific research between the UK fishing industry and scientists. Local trawlermen working in the Bristol Channel in a mixed demersal fishery wanted to know whether an increase in codend mesh size would be effective in reducing the levels of discards, and whether its use would result in the loss of marketable fish.