A theoretical study of the factors which influence the measurement of fishing netting mesh size

Ocean Engineering

Volumn 30, Issue 16, 2003, Pages 2053-2063

  O'Neill, F G ^a  

^a MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fishing netting; Mesh size measurement; Twine bending stiffness

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); DEFORMATION; FISHERIES;

MESH SIZE;

OCEAN ENGINEERING;

CURVATURE; FISHING GEAR; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MESH SIZE;

EID: 0141958682     PISSN: 00298018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-8018(03)00072-6     Document Type: Article

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