A validation of short-duration scientific tows as a representation of long commercial-length tows: Comparing the catch rates, size composition and species composition of prawn trawler bycatch in the far northern Great Barrier Reef, Australia

Fisheries Research

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 35-46

  Wassenberg, T J ^a   Burridge, C Y ^a   Connell, M ^b   Gribble, N ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Catch comparison; Catch rates; Shrimp trawl; Tropical fish sampling

Indexed keywords

BYCATCH; CATCH PER UNIT EFFORT; PRAWN FISHERY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES COMPOSITION; TRAWLING;

AUSTRALIA, GREAT BARRIER REEF;

EID: 0032102474     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-7836(98)00076-9     Document Type: Article

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