Cod-end mesh size selection for rockfish and flatfish of the US West Coast

Fisheries Research

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 247-268

  Perez Comas, José A ^a   Erickson, Daniel L ^a   Pikitch, Ellen K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Osborn Labs for Marine Sciences Aquarium Wildl Conserv B   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternate haul; Cod end; Flatfish; Negati ve extreme value; Rockfish; Selectivity; Square mesh; Trawl

Indexed keywords

FISHERY MANAGEMENT; MESH SELECTIVITY; MESH SIZE; SELECTIVITY CURVE;

PACIFIC COAST; USA;

ATHERESTHES STOMIAS; EOPSETTA JORDANII; GLYPTOCEPHALUS ZACHIRUS; GLYTOCAPHALUS ZACHIRUS; MICROSTOMUS PACIFICUS; PAROPHRYS VETULUS; SEBASTES ALUTUS; SEBASTES ENTOMELAS; SEBASTES FLAVIDUS; SEBASTES PINNIGER; SEBASTOLOBUS ALASCANUS;

EID: 0031840671     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-7836(97)00102-1     Document Type: Article

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