A comparison of fish bycatch communities between areas open and closed to prawn trawling in an Australian tropical fishery

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 951-966

  Stobutzki, Ilona ^a,b   Jones, Peter ^a   Miller, Margaret ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b WORLDFISH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Bycatch; Closures; Fish; Fishing impacts; Impacts of fishing; Prawn trawling; Shrimp trawling

Indexed keywords

BYCATCH; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; PRAWN FISHERY; TRAWLING;

AUSTRALIA;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 0141574343     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1054-3139(03)00117-6     Document Type: Article

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