Body size overlap in industrial and artisanal fisheries for five commercial fish species in the Mediterranean Sea

Scientia Marina

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 179-188

  Stergiou, Konstantinos I ^a   Moutopoulos, Dimitrios K ^a   Krassas, Georgios ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b Medical Centre of Naxos   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aegean Sea; Artisanal and industrial gears; E Mediterranean; Length frequency distributions

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; FISHING GEAR; LENGTH-FREQUENCY ANALYSIS;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

BOOPS BOOPS; MULLUS; MULLUS BARBATUS; SCOMBER JAPONICUS; SPICARA SMARIS; TRACHURUS; TRACHURUS MEDITERRANEUS;

EID: 2542607679     PISSN: 02148358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3989/scimar.2004.68n1179     Document Type: Article

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