Effects of hanging ratio and fishing depth on the catch rates of drifting tuna gillnets in Sri Lankan waters

Fisheries Research

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-12

  Samaranayaka, Ariyapala ^a   Engås, Arill ^b   Jørgensen, Terje ^c  

^a Aquatic Resource Development and Quality Improvement Project   (Sri Lanka)

^b INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Drifting gillnet; Hanging ratio; Tuna

Indexed keywords

CATCH RATE; CATCH/EFFORT; FISHING DEPTH; FISHING TRIAL; GILLNET; GILLNETS; HANGING RATIO; TUNA; TUNA FISHERIES;

SRI LANKA;

KATSUWONUS PELAMIS; THUNNUS ALBACARES;

EID: 0030620436     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-7836(96)00524-3     Document Type: Article

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