Soak times and fishing strategy for American lobster

Fisheries Research

Volumn 26, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 199-205

  Miller, R J ^a   Rodger, R S ^a  

^a FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

American lobster; Traps

Indexed keywords

EID: 0013305353     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0165-7836(95)00445-9     Document Type: Article

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