Improvement of trawl selectivity in the NW Mediterranean demersal fishery by using a 40 mm square mesh codend

Fisheries Research

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 15-25

  Bahamon, Nixon ^a   Sardà, Francesc ^a   Suuronen, Petri ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Codend selectivity; Diamond mesh; European hake; Multi species trawl fishery; Norway lobster; Square mesh

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; CONTINENTAL SHELF; FISH; FISHERY; LOBSTER; MULTISPECIES FISHERY; TRAWL NET;

CATALAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

MERLUCCIUS MERLUCCIUS; NEPHROPS NORVEGICUS; PHYCIS BLENNOIDES; REXEA SOLANDRI; TRISOPTERUS MINUTUS;

EID: 33747151002     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2006.05.020     Document Type: Article

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