Fate of discards from deep water crustacean trawl fishery off the south coast of Portugal

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 437-446

  Castro, Margarida ^a   Araújo, Artur ^a   Monteiro, Pedro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Fate of discards; Food subsidies; Impact of trawling

Indexed keywords

DEEP WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FISHERY DISCARD; TRAWLING;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

AMPHIPODA; CONGER CONGER; CONGER MYRIASTER; CRUSTACEA; ISOPODA; NATATOLANA BOREALIS; NEPHROPS NORVEGICUS; PARAPENAEUS LONGIROSTRIS; PARAPENAEUS POLITUS; SCOPELOCHEIRUS HOPEI;

EID: 23044515096     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: 11758805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.2005.9517323     Document Type: Article

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