A study of changes in groundfish trawl catching efficiency due to differences in operating width, and measures to reduce width variation

Fisheries Research

Volumn 36, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 139-147

  Rose, Craig S ^a   Nunnallee, Edmund P ^a  

^a NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Catchability; Constraint; Survey; Trawl

Indexed keywords

FISHING GEAR; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; TRAWLING;

ATHERESTHES STOMIAS; HIPPOGLOSSOIDES ELASSODON; THERAGRA CHALCOGRAMMA;

EID: 0032526440     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-7836(98)00099-X     Document Type: Article

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