Size selectivity of diamond and square mesh cod-ends for Nephrops norvegicus in the Aegean Sea

Fisheries Research

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 203-209

  Stergiou, K I ^a   Petrakis, G ^b   Politou, Ch Y ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aegean Sea; Diamond mesh; Nephrops norvegicus; Square mesh; Trawl cod end selectivity

Indexed keywords

COD-END MESH; DIAMOND/SQUARE MESH; GEAR SELECTIVITY; NORWAY LOBSTER; TRAWL NETS;

AEGEAN SEA;

DECAPODA; NEPHROPS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 0030618929     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-7836(96)00542-5     Document Type: Article

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