Appraisal of the selective properties of gill nets and implications for yield and value of the fisheries at the Itaipu Reservoir, Brazil-Paraguay

Fisheries Research

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 105-116

  Miranda, L E ^a   Agostinho, A A ^b   Gomes, L C ^a,b  

^a Mississippi Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Gill nets; Overfishing; Reservoir; South America; Yield model

Indexed keywords

FISHERY; GILLNET; MESH SIZE; YIELD;

BRAZIL;

EID: 0034013746     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-7836(99)00114-9     Document Type: Article

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