The effect of cover mesh size and cod-end catch size on cod-end selectivity

Fisheries Research

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 291-303

  O'Neill, F G ^a   Kynoch, R J ^a  

^a MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Catch size; Cover mesh size; Selectivity

Indexed keywords

GADUS MORHUA; MELANOGRAMMUS AEGLEFINUS; MERLANGIUS MERLANGUS;

CATCH SIZE; COVER MESH SIZE; GEAR SELECTIVITY;

EID: 0030251380     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0165-7836(96)00501-2     Document Type: Article

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