An assessment of Bycatch Reduction Devices in a tropical Australian prawn trawl fishery

Fisheries Research

Volumn 36, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 195-215

  Brewer, David ^a   Rawlinson, Nicholas ^b   Eayrs, Steve ^b   Burridge, Charis ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bycatch reduction device; Northern prawn fishery; Prawn trawling; Sea snake; Tropical; Turtle excluder devices

Indexed keywords

BYCATCH; FISHING GEAR; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PRAWN FISHERY; TRAWLING;

AUSTRALIA, GULF OF CARPENTARIA;

ANIMALIA; CARPENTARIA; CHELONIIDAE; CHONDRICHTHYES; DASYATIDAE; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); HYDROPHIINAE; MARTES; SERPENTES; TESTUDINES;

EID: 0032526743     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-7836(98)00096-4     Document Type: Article

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