Commercial testing of a sorting grid to reduce catches of juvenile hake (Merluccius merluccius) in the western mediterranean demersal trawl fishery

Aquatic Living Resources

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 87-91

  Sardà, Francesco ^a   Bahamon N ^a   Sardà Palomera, Francesc ^a   Molí, Balbina ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Grid; Hake; Juveniles; Mediterranean Sea; Merluccius merluccius; Selectivity; Trawling

Indexed keywords

DEMERSAL FISHERY; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHING GEAR; OVERFISHING; SIZE SELECTION; TRAWLING;

CATALAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

GADUS MORHUA; MERLUCCIUS MERLUCCIUS; REXEA SOLANDRI;

EID: 16244395821     PISSN: 09907440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/alr:2005010     Document Type: Article

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