Table 1.
Characteristics of different fish species caught as by-catch at the 108 and 103 FAO fishing zones.
| Common Name | Species Name | Number of Caught Fish |
Feeding Mode | Habitat | Mass (Mean ± S.D.) (g) |
Mass (Range) (g) |
Overall Length (Mean ± S.D.) (cm) | Overall Length (Range) (cm) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltic herring | Clupea harengus | 27 | plankton | pelagic | 65.32 ± 18.39 | 34.43–108.04 | 22.8 ± 2.9 | 17.1–28.3 |
| Baltic cod | Gadus morhua | 19 | fish | bentho-pelagic | 297.66 ± 176.70 | 78.14–750.12 | 30.6 ± 4.8 | 20.8–41.8 |
| Flounder | Platichthys flesus | 18 | plankton, insect larvae, adult annelids, mollusks, crustaceans, and small fish | benthos | 171.91 ± 69.30 | 34.42–264.05 | 25.0 ± 4.4 | 17.1–33.6 |
| Long-spined bullhead | Taurulus bubalis | 6 | polychaetes, decapods, mollusks, and small fish | benthos | 284.61 ± 208.58 | 80.73–650.35 | 23.3 ± 3.1 | 17.8–26.8 |
| Lumpfish | Cyclopterus lumpus | 17 | crustaceans, jellyfish, and small fish | benthos | 165.54 ± 39.04 | 110.06–271.70 | 15.5 ± 1.3 | 13.9–18.8 |
Note: S.D.—standard deviation.