Fish catch composition of the deep-sea decapod crustacean fisheries in the Balearic Islands (western Mediterranean)

Fisheries Research

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 253-264

  Moranta, Joan ^a   Massutí, Enric ^b,c   Morales Nin, Beatriz ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b Centro Oceanográfico de Baleares   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

Author keywords

By catch; Deep sea fishery; Demersal ichthyofauna; Discards; Size composition; Western Mediterranean

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMMERCIAL FISHING; CRUSTACEA; DECAPOD; DEPTH; FISHERY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SEA;

CATCH COMPOSITION; CRUSTACEAN; FISHERY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0034112504     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-7836(99)00119-8     Document Type: Article

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