An evaluation of an electronic logbook as a more accurate method of estimating spatial patterns of trawling effort and bycatch in the Gulf of Mexico shrimp fishery

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 787-809

  Gallaway, Benny J ^a   Cole, John G ^a   Martin, Larry R ^a   Nance, James M ^b   Longnecker, Michael ^c  

^a LGL Ecological Research Associates Inc   (United States)

^b NOAA Fisheries Service Galveston Laboratory   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BYCATCH; CATCH PER UNIT EFFORT; ESTIMATION METHOD; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHING EFFORT; SHRIMP FISHERY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TRAWLING;

GULF OF MEXICO;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); MARTES; PENAEIDAE;

EID: 0041419110     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/M02-105     Document Type: Article

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