AreaFactsheetTarget speciesUnwanted speciesGear typeProvider
Celtic Sea
100mm square mesh panels in the codend

Cod, haddock and other demersal species Undersized haddock demersal (twin rig) Cefas
Celtic Sea
100mm square mesh panels in the codend

Cod, haddock and other demersal species Undersized haddock demersal (twin rig) Cefas
Celtic Sea
115mm and 155mm square mesh panels in the body of a trawl

Cod, haddock and other demersal species Undersized haddock demersal (twin rig) Cefas
Celtic Sea
115mm and 155mm square mesh panels in the body of a trawl

Cod, haddock and other demersal species Undersized haddock demersal (twin rig) Cefas
Celtic Sea
115mm and 155mm square mesh panels in the body of a trawl

Cod, haddock and other demersal species Undersized haddock demersal (twin rig) Cefas
Celtic Sea
115mm and 155mm square mesh panels in the body of a trawl

Cod, haddock and other demersal species Undersized haddock demersal (twin rig) Cefas
Celtic Sea
200mm diamond-mesh netting in the wings, square and back sections of a trawl

Cod, haddock and other demersal species Undersized haddock demersal (single rig) Cefas
West of Shetland
300mm diamond mesh mesh netting panels

Haddock, whiting, cod, monkfish, megrim twin trawl MSS
North Sea
Best practice slipping from purse seines

Herring (Clupea harengus), Mackerel (Scomber scombrus) pelagic IMR
Black Sea
Changing mesh shape and increasing mesh size

Whiting and red mullet. demersal trawl CFRI
South Aegean Sea
Diamond and square mesh codends

Hake, red mullet, striped mullet, rose shrimp and Nephrops. demersal trawl HCMR
Skagerrak
Discard survival of undersized plaice

European plaice (Pleuronectes platessa) demersal DTU
Skagerrak
Discard survival of undersized plaice

European plaice (Pleuronectes platessa) demersal DTU
Baltic Sea
Effect of codend circumference, mesh size & lastridge ropes

Cod (Gadus morhua) demersal DTU
Baltic Sea
Effect of codend material type

Cod (Gadus morhua) demersal DTU
Baltic Sea
Effect of increasing circumference of T90 codends

Cod (Gadus morhua) demersal DTU
Skagerrak
FLEXSELECT: a counter-herding device

Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus) demersal DTU
East of Shetland
Increasing codend mesh size in a whitefish codend

Haddock and whiting. single trawl MSS
North Sea
Reducing trawl length

Northern shrimp (Pandalus borealis) demersal IMR
South and West of Ireland
Testing mesh sizes in gillnets

Eurpean hake (Merluccius merluccius). demersal GMIT
Skagerrak
The effect of a divided codend

European plaice (Pleuronectes platessa) demersal DTU
Surinam
Trash-and-Turtle Excluder Devices (TTEDs)

Seabob shrimp (Xiphopenaeus kroyeri) demersal FAO
Skagerrak
Use of an escape grid

Northern prawn (Pandalus borealis) demersal DTU
Celtic Sea
Using 100mm T90 netting in the extension and codend and a 120mm square mesh panel to reduce discards in whitefish fisheries

whiting, haddock, cod, hake, anglerfish, megrim, plaice and rays Demersal (twin rig) Pecheurs/IFREMER
Central Adriatic
Using 40mm square mesh codend

Mediterranean scaldfish, broad-tail shortfin squid, European hake, red mullet, Norway lobster, common pandora, deepwater rose shrimp, Mediterranean horse mackerel, poor-cod and all marketable species. demersal trawl CNDR
Bay of Biscay
Using a 100 mm mesh size square mesh panel (SMP)

monkfish, megrim, hake, squid and red mullet horse mackerel, mackerel, blue whiting and juvenile hake demersal AZTI
Celtic Sea
Using a 45mm square mesh codend

Nephrops demersal (quad rig) BIM
Bay of Biscay
Using square mesh panels to reduce discarding of horse mackerel,

hake horse mackerel, mackerel, blue whiting and juvenile hake demersal AZTI
Celtic Sea
a large 100 mm T90 mesh panel in the extension

John Dory, hake >36cm, haddock >34cm and monkfish demersal COBRENORD
North Sea and Western Skagerrak
actively stimulating fish behaviour

Norway lobster, cod demersal DTU
Western Channel
an 80 mm T90 mesh panel in the extension and last tapered section

Whiting >32cm, haddock >34cm, monkfish, squid, cuttlefish and red mullet demersal COBRENORD
Western Channel
an 80 mm square mesh panel in the extension and last tapered section with a 4-panel codend

Whiting >32cm, haddock >34cm, monkfish, squid, cuttlefish and red mullet demersal COBRENORD
North Sea
changing the groundgear

Nephrops and mixed round and flatfish twin trawl MSS
Irish Sea
decreasing codend circumference

Nephrops norvegicus demersal BIM
Central Adriatic
decreasing the circumference of a diamond mesh codend

red mullet, european hake, little squid and all marketable species. demersal trawl CNDR
Iceland
developing a suction dredge in the Iceland scallop dredge fishery

Iceland scallop (Clamys islandica) demersal MFRI
Balearic Islands
diamond and square mesh codends

striped red mullet, hake, Norway lobster and red shrimp demersal IEO
Skagerrak and Kattegat
efficiency of single and twin/ multi-rig trawling

Norway lobster, cod, haddock and plaice demersal DTU
Adriatic Sea
estimating size selection of Norway lobster

Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus) demersal CROATIA
Balearic Islands
fitting square mesh panels

striped red mullet demersal IEO
Balearic Islands
fitting square mesh panels

red shrimp demersal IEO
West of Scotland
increasing codend mesh size

Nephrops and mixed whitefish and flatfish species twin trawl MSS
West of Shetland
increasing codend mesh size and inserting a square mesh panel

Haddock, whiting and cod Scottish seine MSS
Western Irish Sea
increasing codend mesh size from 70 to 80mm

Nephrops demersal (quad rig) BIM
Irish Sea
increasing codend mesh size from 80 to 90mm

Nephrops norvegicus demersal BIM
North Sea
increasing mesh size in the extension of a beam trawl

sole beam ILVO
Central Adriatic
increasing the mesh size of a diamond mesh codend

Red mullet, European hake, little squid and all marketable species. demersal trawl CNDR
Tyrrhenian Sea
inserting a 50 mm square mesh panel (SMP)

Atlantic horse mackerel, European hake, poor cod, broadtail shortfin squid, deep-water rose shrimp and all marketable species demersal trawl CNDR
North Sea
inserting an FCAP netting grid

Nephrops and mixed whitefish and flatfish species twin trawl SFF
Tyrrhenian Sea
inserting an excluder grid

Norway lobster, greater forkbeard and all marketable species. Blackmouth catshark demersal trawl CNDR
North Sea
lowering headline height (<1 m)

Nephrops and mixed whitefish and flatfish species twin trawl MSS
North Sea
moving a square mesh panel (smp) closer to the codline

Haddock and whiting. twin trawl MSS
Central Adriatic
reducing codend twine thickness

European hake, Whiting, Poor-cod, Red mullet, Common pandora and all marketable species demersal trawl CNDR
Southern North Sea
reducing the number of meshes in circumference

sole beam ILVO
West of Scotland
removing a tickler chain from a whitefish trawl

Haddock, whiting and monkfish single trawl MSS
North Sea
removing codend lifting bags

Haddock and whiting single trawl MSS
Southern Aegean Sea
trials with square and diamond mesh codends

Hake (Merluccius merluccius) demersal HCMR
Celtic Sea
using 100mm T90 netting in the extension and codend

Whiting, haddock, cod, hake, anglerfish, megrim, plaice and rays. Demersal (twin rig) Pecheurs/IFREMER
Balearic Islands
using 50 mm diamond and 40 mm square mesh codends

striped red mullet; hake; Norway lobster; red shrimp demersal IEO
Western Baltic sea
using FLEX – FLatfish EXcluder –

cod and other roundfish demersal Johann Heinrich von Thünen-Institut
Western Baltic sea
using FRESWIND

Cod and other roundfish demersal Johann Heinrich von Thünen-Institut
Western Irish Sea
using a 300mm Square Mesh Panel

Nephrops demersal (quad rig) BIM
West of Scotland
using a 35mm Swedish grid and 120mm square mesh panels (smp)

Nephrops twin trawl MSS
Mersin Bay
using a 40 mm square mesh codend

Red mullet, brush tooth lizardfish, common pandora, goldband goat fish, picarel, axillary sea bream, speckled shrimp, green tiger prawn and other marketable fish and crustaceans demersal trawl Mersin University
Celtic Sea
using a 65mm square mesh codend

Nephrops demersal (quad rig) BIM
North Sea
using a Flip Flap netting grid

Nephrops and mixed whitefish and flatfish species twin trawl MSS
Irish Sea
using a Swedish grid with a bottom gap

Nephrops demersal (quad rig) BIM
Celtic Sea
using a T90 mesh codend and extension

Whiting demersal (twin rig) BIM
Southern North Sea
using a T90 netting codend

sole whiting and pouting beam ILVO
North Sea
using a flexible grid

Nephrops and mixed round and flatfish single trawl MSS
Bay of Biscay
using a flexible inclined grid in the lower panel of the extension

Anglerfish, megrim, rays Demersal (twin rig) Pecheurs/IFREMER
Portuguese south coast
using a grid in a crustacean fishery

Nephrops and rose shrimp Blue whiting demersal IPMA
North Sea
using a horizontal separation panel

marketable sole, plaice, turbot and brill beam Wageningen University
Southern North Sea
using a horizontal separator panel

Sole and plaice beam ILVO
Western Channel
using a large square mesh panel (80 mm mesh size) in the last tapered section of a trawl

whiting, red mullet, pouting, gurnards and squid demersal COBRENORD
Western Channel
using a large square mesh panel (90 mm mesh size) in the last tapered section of a trawl

Whiting >32cm, haddock >34cm, monkfish, squid, cuttlefish and red mullet demersal COBRENORD
Portuguese south coast
using a modified Nordmore grid

Nephrops, rose shrimp and red shrimp Blue whiting and boarfish demersal IPMA
Portuguese south coast
using a modified Nordmore grid

Nephrops, rose shrimp and red shrimp Blue whiting and hake demersal IPMA
Western Irish Sea
using a modified Nordmore grid

Nephrops demersal (quad rig) BIM
Celtic Sea
using a quad-rig trawl

Nephrops demersal (quad rig/twin rig) BIM
Baltic Sea
using a sorting grid

Cod (Gadus morhua) demersal THUNEN
Portuguese south coast
using a square mesh codend

Nephrops, rose shrimp and hake Juvenile Nephrops demersal IPMA
Southern North Sea
using a square mesh codend in the beam trawl fishery

sole beam ILVO
Portuguese south coast
using a square mesh netting grid

Nephrops, rose shrimp and commercial hake Juvenile Nephrops demersal IPMA
North Sea
using an eBRP in the beam trawl fishery

Sole beam trawl ILVO
North Sea
using an inclined netting panel

Nephrops and mixed round and flatfish twin trawl SFF
North Sea
using cylindrical grids in the codend

marketable Nephrops, plaice, turbot and brill demeral (multi-rig) Wageningen University
Balearic Islands
using flexible sorting grids

hake, Norway lobster, and red shrimp demersal IEO
Southern North Sea
using large square mesh top panels

Sole and plaice beam ILVO
North Sea and east of Shetland
using rigid Swedish grids

Nephrops twin trawl MSS