Bridle efficiency of a survey trawl for flatfish: Measuring the length of the bridles in contact with the bottom

Fisheries Research

Volumn 60, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 273-279

  Somerton, David A ^a  

^a NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottom trawl; Bridle efficiency; Flatfish herding; Trawl bridles

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM TRAWLING; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; FLATFISH FISHERY; TRAWL NET;

PLEURONECTIFORMES;

EID: 0037314246     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-7836(02)00178-9     Document Type: Article

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