Gear-dependent size selection of snapper, Pagrus auratus

Fisheries Research

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 119-132

  Otway, N M ^a   Craig, J R ^a   Upston, J M ^a  

^a NSW Fisheries Research Institute   (Australia)

Author keywords

Longlines; Size selection; Snapper; Trawls

Indexed keywords

GEAR SELECTIVITY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SNAPPER;

AUSTRALIA, NEW SOUTH WALES, SYDNEY;

PAGRUS AURATUS;

EID: 0030222830     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0165-7836(96)00500-0     Document Type: Article

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