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BENTHIS Newsletter August 2018
- The final edition of the e-newsletter about the BENTHIS project of august 2018 can be downloaded here. -
Development and adoption of sustainable innovative gears
- Many factors other than economic profitability play a role in the successful uptake of innovative fishing technology. This was demonstrated in... -
Habitat credit system will reduce benthic impact
- For the soft sediment habitats dominating the continental shelf areas of Europe, the impact of bottom trawling can be reduced by introducing a habitat... -
Pulse trawling versus traditional beam trawling
- In recent years, the North Sea beam trawl fishers targeting sole have successfully shifted to electrical stimulation using pulse trawls. The... -
From demersal to (semi-) pelagic otter boards
- Otter trawling is the dominant fishing method used in European Seas. In this type of fisheries, the mouth of the net is held open by two doors that... -
From active to passive gears
- The use of passive gears, such as pots and traps, instead of active gears is one of the options to reduce the impact of fishing on the seafloor and... -
Does fishing increase food for fish or not?
- Fishermen claim that bottom trawling may increase the food for fish, while others claim that bottom trawling may reduce the food availability. So who... -
BENTHIS animations now available in English, French, Spanish and Dutch
- In 2017 a set of five animations has been developed in the BENTHIS project. -
Habitat sensitivity to bottom trawling
- The sensitivity of the benthic community to bottom trawling can be estimated from the biological traits of species in the community. -
Estimating footprints: gear type and fishing intensity
- Different types of fisheries such as beam trawling, Scottish seine or flyshoot differ greatly in their footprint: the area trawled per hour.