Gear performance and catch comparison trials between a single trawl and a twin rigged gear

Fisheries Research

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 15-26

  Sangster, G I ^a   Breen, M ^a  

^a MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Catch comparison; Engineering comparison; Gadus morhua; Lophius piscatorius; Melanogrammus aeglefinus; Microstomas kit; Nephrops norvegicus; Pleuronectes platessa; Scraper trawl; Twin trawl

Indexed keywords

LOPHIUS PISCATORIUS; MELANOGRAMMUS AEGLEFINUS; MICROSTOMAS KIT; NEPHROPS NORVEGICUS; PLEURONECTES PLATESSA;

EID: 0032103538     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-7836(98)00086-1     Document Type: Article

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