Assessments of modified codends that reduce the by-catch of fish in two estuarine prawn-trawl fisheries in New South Wales, Australia

Fisheries Research

Volumn 27, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 89-111

  Broadhurst, M K ^a   Kennelly, S J ^a   Isaksen, B ^b  

^a NSW Fisheries   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

By catch reduction; Modified codends; Prawn trawls; Selectivity

Indexed keywords

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); MELICERTUS PLEBEJUS; METAPENAEUS MACLEAYI; NEMATOPALAEMON HASTATUS; PENAEUS; PLEBEJUS;

BY-CATCH REDUCTION; FISHING GEAR; MODIFIED CODENDS; TRAWLING;

AUSTRALIA, NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 0030153470     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0165-7836(95)00457-2     Document Type: Article

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