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Effects of environmental conditions and fishing operations on the performance of a bottom trawl

dc.contributor.authorQueirolo, Dante
dc.contributor.authorHurtado, Carlos F.
dc.contributor.authorGaete, Erick
dc.contributor.authorSoriguer, Milagrosa C.
dc.contributor.authorErzini, Karim
dc.contributor.authorGutierrez-Estrada, Juan Carlos
dc.date.accessioned2016-12-23T11:18:16Z
dc.date.available2016-12-23T11:18:16Z
dc.date.issued2012-03
dc.description.abstractTrawl performance was studied based on net spread and variability in the contact of the footrope with the seabed and their relationship with vessel operations, catch weight, and environmental conditions. Artificial neural networks (ANNs) and generalized additive models (GAMs) were used to model the response of each variable. For the variables net spread and variability in footrope contact (VFC), the ANN models were more accurate than the GAMs, with greater generalization capacity in the validation phase. In the best ANN model for net spread, all variables were significant. The relationship between tow direction and wind direction (tactic) was most important in the sensitivity analysis. Net spread increased with increasing towing speed and windspeed, and decreased with increasing wave height. In the ANN model for VFC, there were differences among vessels, and both scope ratio and catch size were not significant. VFC increased with increasing depth and decreased with increasing towing speed and windspeed. The results demonstrate that both operational variables and environmental conditions affect trawl performance, and suggest that survey protocols designed based on this information might help to improve the precision of biomass estimates.
dc.identifier.doi10.1093/icesjms/fsr211
dc.identifier.issn1054-3139
dc.identifier.otherAUT: KER00534;
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/8875
dc.language.isoeng
dc.peerreviewedyes
dc.publisherOxford University Press. Elsevier
dc.relation.isbasedonWOS:000300491200017
dc.titleEffects of environmental conditions and fishing operations on the performance of a bottom trawl
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.citation.endPage302
oaire.citation.issue2
oaire.citation.startPage293
oaire.citation.titleIces Journal Of Marine Science
oaire.citation.volume69
person.familyNameErzini
person.givenNameKarim
person.identifier.ciencia-idD917-7133-341A
person.identifier.orcid0000-0002-1411-0126
person.identifier.ridM-5216-2013
person.identifier.scopus-author-id7004015948
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