Comparison of elasmobranch catches from research trawl surveys and commercial landings at port of Viareggio, Italy, in the last decade

Journal of Northwest Atlantic Fishery Science

Volumn 35, Issue , 2005, Pages 345-356

  Abella, A J ^a   Serena, F ^a  

^a ARPAT Agenzia Regionale per la Protezione Ambientale della Toscana   (Italy)

Author keywords

Catch; Distribution; Effort; Landings; Rays; Research surveys; Shark

Indexed keywords

CATCH COMPOSITION; CATCH PER UNIT EFFORT; FISHING EFFORT; SIZE STRUCTURE; TRAWLING;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; LUCCA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TUSCANY; VIAREGGIO; WORLD;

ASTERIAS; CHONDRICHTHYES; ELASMOBRANCHII; GALEUS MELASTOMUS; RAJA ASTERIAS; RAJA CLAVATA; SCYLIORHINUS CANICULA;

EID: 24744470938     PISSN: 02506408     EISSN: 18131859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2960/J.v35.m526     Document Type: Article

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