Trawl hangs, baby fish, and closed areas: A win-win scenario

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 930-938

  Link, Jason S ^a   Demarest, Chad ^b  

^a NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b New England Fish Management Council   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic ecology; Cod; Fisheries management; Gear effects and efficiency; Haddock; Marine Protected Areas; NW Atlantic; Sea raven

Indexed keywords

FISHERY MANAGEMENT; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; PROTECTED AREA; TRAWL NET;

(NORTHWEST); ATLANTIC OCEAN;

GADIFORMES; GADUS; GADUS MORHUA; HEMITRIPTERUS AMERICANUS; MELANOGRAMMUS AEGLEFINUS;

EID: 0141462691     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1054-3139(03)00131-0     Document Type: Article

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