Selectivity for barramundi (Lates calcarifer) in the Fly River, Papua New Guinea: Implications for managing gill-net fisheries on protandrous fishes

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 499-506

  Milton, David A ^a   Die, David ^a   Tenakanai, Charles ^b   Swales, Stephen ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b Ok Tedi Mining Limited   (Papua New Guinea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EGG PRODUCTION; FISHERY; MESH SIZE;

FLY RIVER; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; WESTERN PROVINCE;

LATES CALCARIFER; PISCES;

EID: 0032449611     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF98065     Document Type: Article

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