The effect of trawl speed on the footrope capture efficiency of a survey trawl

Fisheries Research

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 303-313

  Weinberg, Kenneth L ^a   Somerton, David A ^a   Munro, Peter T ^a  

^a NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottom trawls; Selectivity; Trawl catchability; Trawl efficiency; Trawl performance

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM TRAWLING; CATCH PER UNIT EFFORT; CATCHABILITY; VELOCITY;

BATHYRAJA; GADUS; GADUS MACROCEPHALUS; GADUS MORHUA; HIPPOGLOSSOIDES; HIPPOGLOSSOIDES ELASSODON; HIPPOGLOSSUS; HIPPOGLOSSUS STENOLEPIS; KATHETOSTOMA GIGANTEUM; MACROCEPHALUS; PLEURONECTOIDEI; POLLACHIUS VIRENS; REINHARDTIUS; REINHARDTIUS STOMIAS; STIZOSTEDION VITREUM; STOMIAS; THERAGRA CHALCOGRAMMA;

EID: 0037202516     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-7836(01)00395-2     Document Type: Article

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