Blue crab, Callinectes sapidus, retention rates in different trap meshes

Marine Fisheries Review

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 35-37

  Guillory, Vincent ^a  

^a LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRAB FISHERY; ESCAPEMENT; FISHING GEAR; MESH SIZE;

CALLINECTES SAPIDUS; DECAPODA;

EID: 0032469859     PISSN: 00901830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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