A comparison of three indices of fishing power on some demersal fisheries of the North Sea

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 604-623

  Marchal, Paul ^a   Ulrich, Clara ^a   Korsbrekke, Knut ^b   Pastoors, Martin ^c   Rackham, Brian ^d  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b IMR   (Norway)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Annual variations; Catchability; Fishing capacity; Fishing efficiency; Fishing power; Fishing tactics; Horsepower; North Sea demersal fisheries

Indexed keywords

CATCH PER UNIT EFFORT; DEMERSAL FISHERY; FISHING MORTALITY; INDEX METHOD; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

NORTH SEA;

EID: 0036626154     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmsc.2002.1215     Document Type: Article

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