Increasing codend mesh openings: An appropriate strategy for improving the selectivity of penaeid fishing gears in an Australian estuary?

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 889-900

  Macbeth, William G ^a,b   Broadhurst, Matt K ^a   Millar, Russell B ^c   Smith, Stephen D A ^b  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bycatch; Prawn; Seine; Shrimp; Square mesh; Stow net

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; FISHING GEAR; GEAR SELECTIVITY; MESH SIZE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NEW SOUTH WALES; WALLIS LAKE; WORLD;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); MELICERTUS PLEBEJUS; METAPENAEUS MACLEAYI; PENAEIDAE;

EID: 27244437475     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF04256     Document Type: Article

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