Improving the definition of fishing effort for important European fleets by accounting for the skipper effect

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 510-533

  Marchal, Paul ^a   Andersen, Bo ^b   Bromley, David ^c   Iriondo, Ane ^d   Mahévas, Stéphanie ^a   Quirijns, Floor ^e   Rackham, Brian ^c   Santurtún, Marina ^d   Tien, Nicola ^e   Ulrich, Clara ^b  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^d MARINE RESEARCH DIVISION   (Spain)

^e WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIVERSITY INDEX; FISHING;

SCOMBERESOX SAURUS SAURUS;

EID: 33646835966     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f05-238     Document Type: Article

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