Gillnet selectivity for North Sea Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua): Model ambiguity and data quality are related

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1307-1316

  Hovgård, Holger ^a   Lassen, Hans ^a,c   Madsen, Niels ^b   Poulsen, Thomas Moth ^b,d   Wileman, David ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b Nordsocentret   (Denmark)

^c ICES ^*  (Denmark)

^d Mascanda Mymensingh   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEAR SELECTIVITY; GILLNET; MODEL;

GADUS MORHUA;

EID: 0033324246     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f99-070     Document Type: Article

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