Deepwater fisheries and aspects of their impact on seamount habitat in New Zealand

Journal of Northwest Atlantic Fishery Science

Volumn 31, Issue , 2003, Pages 441-458

  Clark, Malcolm ^a   O'Driscoll, Richard ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Conservation; Deepwater fisheries; Fishing importance; New Zealand; Orange roughy; Seamounts; Trawling impacts

Indexed keywords

DEEP-SEA FISHERY; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FISHERY; SEAMOUNT; TRAWLING;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

ATLANTICUS; HOPLOSTETHUS; HOPLOSTETHUS ATLANTICUS; OREOSOMATIDAE; PSEUDOCYTTUS MACULATUS;

EID: 0142055073     PISSN: 02506408     EISSN: 18131859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2960/J.v31.a34     Document Type: Article

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