Square mesh panels in North Sea demersal trawls: Separate estimates of panel and cod-end selectivity

Fisheries Research

Volumn 78, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 333-341

  O'Neill, F G ^a   Kynoch, R J ^a   Fryer, R J ^a  

^a MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cod end selectivity; Haddock; Smoothers; Square mesh panel; Whiting

Indexed keywords

DATA; FISH AGGREGATING DEVICE; LOGISTICS; MODEL; TRAWL NET;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

MELANOGRAMMUS AEGLEFINUS; MERLANGIUS MERLANGUS;

EID: 33645993275     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2005.12.012     Document Type: Article

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