Newfoundland Cod Pot Study Says CPUE Can be Increased Nearly 150% With Right Design
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [SeafoodNews] by John Sackton – June 29, 2018
A study led by Philip Meintzer and other researchers at Memorial University in St. John’s compared four different types of cod pots used in Newfoundland and Norway.
The purpose was to see if certain pot designs could increase Catch per Unit Effort, and to determine whether there was a cod pot that was optimized for catching cod in Newfoundland.
The researchers worked with a group of fishermen off Fogo Island who are catching pot cod ...
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