Effectiveness of a two-chambered trap in reducing within-trap predation by octopus on southern spiny rock lobster

Fisheries Research

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 348-355

  Brock, Daniel John ^a,b   Saunders, Thor Mayo ^a   Ward, Timothy Mark ^a   Linnane, Adrian Joseph ^a  

^a SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Escape gaps; Jasus edwardsii; Lobster; Octopus; Octopus maorum; Pots; Predation; Traps

Indexed keywords

BYCATCH; FISHING GEAR; FISHING MORTALITY; LOBSTER; TRAP (EQUIPMENT);

JASUS EDWARDSII; JASUS NOVAEHOLLANDIAE; LOBSTER; OCTOPUS; OCTOPUS MAORUM;

EID: 32644458597     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2005.11.004     Document Type: Article

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