Subsampling trawl catches from vessels using seawater hoppers: Are catch composition estimates biased?

Fisheries Research

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 113-120

  Heales, D S ^a   Brewer, D T ^a   Jones, P N ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bycatch; Prawn trawling; Seawater hoppers; Subsampling

Indexed keywords

BYCATCH; CATCH COMPOSITION; PRAWN FISHERY; SAMPLING BIAS; TRAWLING;

AUSTRALIA;

AUCHENORRHYNCHA;

EID: 0038037936     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0165-7836(02)00278-3     Document Type: Article

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