Trap mesh selectivity and the management of reef fishes

Fish and Fisheries

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 356-375

  Mahon, Robin ^a   Hunte, Wayne ^b  

^a Fisheries and Environmental Consulting   (Barbados)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Mesh size; Reef fishes

Indexed keywords

CATCH COMPOSITION; FISHING GEAR; MESH SIZE; REEF;

CARIBBEAN SEA;

MARTES; PISCES;

EID: 0035687136     PISSN: 14672960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1467-2960.2001.00054.x     Document Type: Article

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