Low levels of bycatch from estuarine prawn seining in New South Wales, Australia

Fisheries Research

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 37-54

  Gray, Charles A ^a   Kennelly, Steven J ^a   Hodgson, Kate E ^a  

^a NSW Fisheries   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Bycatch management; Discard; Estuaries; Observer program; Prawn fishery; Seine net

Indexed keywords

BYCATCH; CATCH COMPOSITION; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FISHERY DISCARD; PRAWN FISHERY; PURSE SEINING;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

ACANTHOPAGRUS AUSTRALIS; AMBASSIS; ARIUS; ARIUS GRAEFFEI; CNIDOGLANIS; CNIDOGLANIS MACROCEPHALUS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA TAXON); DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GERRES; GERRES SUBFASCIATUS; HERKLOTSICHTHYS CASTELNAUI; INVERTEBRATA; MACROCEPHALUS; METAPENAEUS MACLEAYI; NEMATOPALAEMON HASTATUS; PENAEIDAE; PISCES; POMATOMUS SALTATRIX; SIPHAMIA; ZEBRIAS SCALARIS;

EID: 0242340454     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0165-7836(03)00185-1     Document Type: Article

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