Influence of fishers' behaviour on the catchability of surface tuna schools in the venezuelan purse-seiner fishery in the Caribbean Sea

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 394-406

  Gaertner, Daniel ^a   Pagavino, Mauricio ^b   Marcano, Jesus ^c  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b Global Chips   (Venezuela)

^c Fondo Nacl de Invest Agropecuarias   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHABILITY; FISHING EFFORT; TUNA FISHERY;

VENEZUELA;

AVES; HESPERIIDAE; MARTES; PISCES; SCOMBERESOX SAURUS SAURUS; SCOMBRIDAE GEN. SP.;

EID: 0033029404     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f98-191     Document Type: Article

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