The design, operations and economics of cage culture systems

Aquacultural Engineering

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 167-203

  Huguenin, John E ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS MARITIME ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquatic cage; Cage culture system; Fish culture

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURAL PRODUCTION; CAGE CULTURE; DESIGN; ECONOMICS; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; OPERATIONS;

EID: 0030726573     PISSN: 01448609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0144-8609(96)01018-7     Document Type: Article

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