A comparison of the relative efficiency of ring, fyke, fence nets and beam trawling for estimating key estuarine fishery populations

Fisheries Research

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 311-321

  Butcher, Adam ^a   Mayer, David ^b   Smallwood, Darren ^a   Johnston, Mathew ^a  

^a Southern Fisheries Centre   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Catch efficiency; Estuaries; Fish densities; Gear comparison; Gear efficiency; Platycephalus fuscus; Sillago ciliata

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHING GEAR; STOCK ASSESSMENT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; QUEENSLAND; WORLD;

CILIOPHORA; KATHETOSTOMA GIGANTEUM; MERLANGIUS MERLANGUS; PLATYCEPHALUS FUSCUS; SILLAGO CILIATA;

EID: 18044378197     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2005.01.014     Document Type: Article

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