Protecting rockfish through gear design: Development of a selective flatfish trawl for the U.S. west coast bottom trawl fishery

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 487-496

  King, Sarah E ^a,d   Hannah, Robert W ^b   Parker, Steven J ^b   Matteson, Keith M ^b   Berkeley, Steven A ^c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BYCATCH; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHING GEAR; TRAWLING;

ANOPLOPOMA FIMBRIA; MERLUCCIUS; MERLUCCIUS PRODUCTUS; PLEURONECTIFORMES; REXEA SOLANDRI; SEBASTES; SEBASTES PINNIGER; SEBASTES PRORIGER; SEBASTOLOBUS; SEBASTOLOBUS ALASCANUS;

EID: 2642542708     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f03-153     Document Type: Article

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