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Effect of trawling with traditional and ‘T90’ trawl codends on fish size and on different quality parameters of cod Gadus morhua and haddock Melanogrammus aeglefinus

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The effect of trawling on fish size and on different quality parameters of cod (Gadus morhua) and haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) was evaluated after conducting 16 valid hauls using two trawls in a double rig fitted with a traditional and a novel ‘T90’ codend, respectively. The total catch volume during the fishing period was 47.6 metric tons, with an average catch per codend of 1.5 (range 0.5–2.9) tons. The mean haul duration was 5 h. The catch was assessed according to fish size, mortality, external damage, initial white muscle pH and development of rigor mortis. Fillet quality (colour, blood spots, gaping) was assessed after 1 week of freeze-storage. Our results showed there was no difference between the two types of nets in terms of catch volume, but significantly slightly bigger fish were caught with T90 than with the traditional trawl net (p < 0.05). Haddock caught with the traditional trawl net had more external injuries related to the trawl gear than haddock caught with the T90 gear (p < 0.05). The gaping frequency for cod caught with the traditional trawl net tended to be higher than cod caught with the T90 gear, but the difference was not significant (p = 0.07). No other differences in fish quality between fish caught in the trawl nets were observed.

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The financial support of The Research Council of Norway (NFR project No. 151831/120) and the Norwegian Seafood Federation are gratefully acknowledged. The authors would also like to thank the crew of M/T J. Bergvoll for excellent cooperation during the experiment.

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    Hanne Digre, Ulrik Jes Hansen & Ulf Erikson

  2. Department of Biotechnology, The Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7491, Trondheim, Norway

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Digre, H., Hansen, U.J. & Erikson, U. Effect of trawling with traditional and ‘T90’ trawl codends on fish size and on different quality parameters of cod Gadus morhua and haddock Melanogrammus aeglefinus . Fish Sci 76, 549–559 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12562-010-0254-2

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