A study of optimum positioning of square-mesh escape panels in Irish Sea Nephrops trawls

Fisheries Research

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 179-189

  Armstrong, M J ^a   Briggs, R P ^a   Rihan, D ^b  

^a AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b An Bord Iascaigh Mhara ^*  (Ireland)

Author keywords

Selectivity; Square mesh; Whiting

Indexed keywords

BYCATCH; FISHING GEAR; LOBSTER FISHERY; TRAWLING;

IRISH SEA;

EID: 0031971947     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-7836(97)00078-7     Document Type: Article

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