Gill net selectivity for European hake Merluccius merluccius from southern Portugal: Implications for fishery management

Fisheries Science

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 873-882

  Santos, Miguel Neves Dos ^a   Gaspar, Miguel ^a   Monteiro, Carlos Costa ^a   Erzini, Karim ^b  

^a INSTITUTO PORTUGUÊS DO MAR E DA ATMOSFERA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

European hake; Fishery management; Gill net; Merluccius merluccius; Selectivity

Indexed keywords

MERLUCCIUS; MERLUCCIUS MERLUCCIUS; PISCES; REXEA SOLANDRI;

EID: 0242625764     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1444-2906.2003.00702.x     Document Type: Article

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