Mesh size selectivity of the gillnet in East China Sea

• Published in: IOP conference series. Earth and environmental science Vol. 77; no. 1; pp. 12013 - 12021
• Main Authors: Li, L Z, Tang, J H, Xiong, Y, Huang, H L, Wu, L, Shi, J J, Gao, Y S, Wu, F Q
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bristol IOP Publishing 01.07.2017
• Subjects: Bycatch; Coastal fisheries; Coastal management; Coastal zone management; Finite element method; Fish; Fisheries; Fisheries management; Fishery management; Nets; Normal distribution; Selectivity; Species; East China Sea
• ISSN: 1755-1307; 1755-1315
• DOI: 10.1088/1755-1315/77/1/012013

A production test using several gillnets with various mesh sizes was carried out to discover the selectivity of gillnets in the East China Sea. The result showed that the composition of the catch species was synthetically affected by panel height and mesh size. The bycatch species of the 10-m nets were more than those of the 6-m nets. For target species, the effect of panel height on juvenile fish was ambiguous, but the number of juvenile fish declined quickly with the increase in mesh size. According to model deviance (D) and Akaike's information criterion, the bi-normal model provided the best fit for small yellow croaker (Larimichthy polyactis), and the relative retention was 0.2 and 1, respectively. For Chelidonichthys spinosus, the log-normal was the best model; the right tilt of the selectivity curve was obvious and well coincided with the original data. The contact population of small yellow croaker showed a bi-normal distribution, and body lengths ranged from 95 to 215 mm. The contact population of C. spinosus showed a normal distribution, and the body lengths ranged from 95 to 205 mm. These results can provide references for coastal fishery management.