“…Nevertheless, it has not been well adopted by fishermen due to the shift of knots and subsequent difficulty in repairing (Graham & Kynoch, 2001). Therefore, several studies have been carried out to increase the selectivity by applying square mesh panels to a certain portion of the codend (Armstrong, Briggs & Rihan, 1998;Broadhurst & Kennelly, 1996;Özbilgin, Tosunoğlu, Aydın, Kaykaç & Tokaç, 2005). In general, the panels placed in the upper and the front portions of the codends have shown positive effects on selectivity (Graham, Kynoch & Fryer, 2003;Metin et al, 2005).…”