Measuring the height of the fishing line and its effect on shrimp catch and bycatch in an ocean shrimp (Pandalus jordani) trawl

Fisheries Research

Volumn 60, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 427-438

  Hannah, Robert W ^a   Jones, Stephen A ^a  

^a OREGON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bycatch; Footrope; Mensuration; Semi pelagic shrimp trawl

Indexed keywords

BYCATCH; HEIGHT DETERMINATION; SHRIMP FISHERY; TRAWLING;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); PANDALUS; PANDALUS JORDANI; PLEURONECTIFORMES;

EID: 0037316408     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-7836(02)00138-8     Document Type: Article

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