Blue crab, Callinectes sapidus, trap selectivity studies: Mesh size

Marine Fisheries Review

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 29-31

  Guillory, Vincent ^a   Prejean, Paul ^a  

^a LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRAB FISHERIES; MESH SELECTIVITY; TRAP NETS;

CALLINECTES SAPIDUS;

EID: 0031399727     PISSN: 00901830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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