A review of ghost fishing: Scientific approaches to evaluation and solutions

Fisheries Science

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 691-702

  Matsuoka, Tatsuro ^a   Nakashima, Toshiko ^a   Nagasawa, Naoki ^a,b  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Artificial reef; Ghost fishing; Gillnets; Lost gear; Mortality; Seine nets; Trammel nets; Traps

Indexed keywords

EID: 24944501281     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-2906.2005.01019.x     Document Type: Review

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