A year-long trial of a square mesh panel in a commercial demersal trawl

Fisheries Research

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 105-112

  Bullough, L W ^a   Napier, I R ^a   Laurenson, C H ^a   Riley, D ^a   Fryer, R J ^b   Ferro, R S T ^b   Kynoch, R J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS   (United Kingdom)

^b MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cod end; Haddock; Selectivity; Square mesh; Trawl; Whiting

Indexed keywords

CATCH STATISTICS; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; DEMERSAL FISHERY; FISHERY SURVEY; FISHING EFFORT; FISHING GEAR; GADOID FISHERY; GEAR SELECTIVITY; TRAWL NET; TRAWLING;

MELANOGRAMMUS AEGLEFINUS; MERLANGIUS MERLANGUS;

EID: 33751550959     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2006.09.008     Document Type: Article

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