Summary
The selectivity of the Skagerrak standard trawls were compared with a trawl differing only in the belly length, being 37% shorter. The trawls fished shrimp above 19 mm carapace length equally, while catch rates of shrimp below 15.5–16 mm carapace length in the shorter trawl were more than halved. Bycatch of Norway pout (Trispterus esmarkii) was slightly reduced in the shorter trawl, unrelated to fish length.