Dissertação de mestrado, Aquacultura e Pescas, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade do Algarve, 2017Bottom trawling for crustaceans in Portuguese coastal waters constitutes a rather important fishery in revenue terms, despite its clear negative impacts on deep-sea communities and marine ecosystems. This poorly selective harvest strategy catches large amounts of unwanted species that are thrown overboard for various reasons. However, survival of discards is not yet properly assessed and constitutes an essential parameter for the upcoming landing obligation, with an exemption for species with “high survival”. In this work, time-to-mortality and a vitality assessment were used to estimate immediate mortality and identify important ...