The probable fate of discards from prawn trawlers fishing near coral reefs: A study in the northern Great Barrier Reef, Australia

Fisheries Research

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 277-286

  Hill, B J ^a   Wassenberg, T J ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bycatch; Discards; Effects of trawling; Seabird scavenging

Indexed keywords

BYCATCH; FISHERY DISCARD; PRAWN FISHERY;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0033835191     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-7836(00)00185-5     Document Type: Article

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