Effect of the headline height of gillnets on species selectivity in the Gulf of Maine

Fisheries Research

Volumn 78, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 252-256

  He, Pingguo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantic cod; Flounder; Gillnet; Headline height; Species selectivity

Indexed keywords

CATCH STATISTICS; FISHERY; FISHING GEAR; GADOID FISHERY; GILLNET; HEIGHT DETERMINATION; LOBSTER; RESEARCH WORK; SHORELINE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MAINE;

AMBLYRAJA RADIATA; CANCER IRRORATUS; CANCER PAGURUS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GADUS MORHUA; GLYPTOCEPHALUS CYNOGLOSSUS; HEMITRIPTERUS AMERICANUS; HIPPOGLOSSOIDES PLATESSOIDES; HOMARUS AMERICANUS; LIMANDA FERRUGINEA; LOPHIUS AMERICANUS; PLEURONECTOIDEI; PSEUDOPLEURONECTES AMERICANUS; SQUALUS ACANTHIAS; UROPHYCIS TENUIS;

EID: 33645971019     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2005.11.015     Document Type: Article

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