Title: Shrimp trawl design improvements suggested for Mexican fisheries
Author(s): Jose Angel Heredia Quevedo
Type:
Final project
Year of publication:
2001
Publisher:
UNU-FTP
Place of publication:
Reykjavík
Number of pages:
56
Supervisors: Einar Hreinsson
Keywords:
Mexico; shrimp; trawl nets;
Abstract
In this paper the current shrimp trawl net designs used in Iceland are examined and the method of design is analysed. Various selectivity devices used in the world fisheries are reviewed in order to find a way to keep shrimp catch high and bycatch or discards low. The general situation in the Mexican shrimp fisheries is analysed and a new shrimp trawl net with selectivity devices is suggested.