In situ examination of the behaviour of fish in response to demersal trawl nets in an Australian trawl fishery

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 825-835

  Piasente, M ^a   Knuckey, I A ^b   Eayrs, S ^a   McShane, P E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b Fishwell Consulting   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blue grenadier; Jackass morwong; Pink ling; Tiger flathead; Underwater camera

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; TRAWL NET; UNDERWATER CAMERA;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ANGUILLIFORMES; CYTTUS; GENYPTERUS; GENYPTERUS BLACODES; KATHETOSTOMA GIGANTEUM; MACRURONUS NOVAEZELANDIAE; MOLVA MOLVA; NEMADACTYLUS; NEMADACTYLUS MACROPTERUS; PANTHERA TIGRIS; PLATYCEPHALUS MACRODON; SEBASTES MARINUS; TEIIDAE;

EID: 12244260378     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF04054     Document Type: Article

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