Managing by-catch and discards: How much progress are we making and how can we do better?

Fish and Fisheries

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 134-155

  Hall, Stephen J ^a   Mainprize, Brooke M ^b  

^a WORLDFISH   (Malaysia)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

By catch; By catch reduction; Discards; Marine fisheries

Indexed keywords

BYCATCH; FISHERY DISCARD;

EID: 22044451594     PISSN: 14672960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-2979.2005.00183.x     Document Type: Review

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