Using knowledge from fishers and fisheries scientists to identify possible groundfish 'Essential Fish Habitats'

Fisheries Research

Volumn 66, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 373-379

  Bergmann, M ^a   Hinz, H ^a   Blyth, R E ^a   Kaiser, M J ^a   Rogers, S I ^b   Armstrong, M ^c  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Ctr Environ Fish Aquacult Sci   (United Kingdom)

^c Dept of Agric and Rural Devmt ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Essential Fish Habitat; Fisheries management; Gadus morhua; Melanogrammus aeglefinus; Merlangius merlangus; Traditional ecological knowledge

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHERY SURVEY;

GADIFORMES; GADUS; GADUS MORHUA; MARTES; MELANOGRAMMUS AEGLEFINUS; MERLANGIUS MERLANGUS; PISCES;

EID: 0742270805     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2003.07.007     Document Type: Article

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