Bycatch of lined seahorses (Hippocampus erectus) in a Gulf of Mexico shrimp trawl fishery

Fishery Bulletin

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 721-731

  Baum, Julia K ^a,b   Meeuwig, Jessica J ^a   Vincent, Amanda C J ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BYCATCH; CATCH PER UNIT EFFORT; CATCH STATISTICS; CATCHABILITY; SHRIMP FISHERY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; FLORIDA; GULF OF MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); FARFANTEPENAEUS DUORARUM; HIPPOCAMPINAE; HIPPOCAMPUS ERECTUS; PISCES;

EID: 0344064780     PISSN: 00900656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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