Reduction of elasmobranch by-catch in the hake semipelagic near-bottom longline fishery in the Algarve (Southern Portugal)

Fisheries Science

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 293-299

  Coelho, Rui ^a   Bentes, Luís ^a   Gonçalves, Jorge M S ^a   Lino, Pedro G ^a   Ribeiro, Joaquim ^a   Erzini, Karim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

By catch reduction; Hake; Longline; Portugal; Shark

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CHONDRICHTHYES; GALEUS; GALEUS MELASTOMUS; MERLUCCIUS; MERLUCCIUS MERLUCCIUS; REXEA SOLANDRI;

EID: 0037697523     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1444-2906.2003.00620.x     Document Type: Article

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