Detecting declines in catch rates of diverse trawl bycatch species, and implications for monitoring

Fisheries Research

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 153-161

  Heales, D S ^a   Brewer, D T ^a   Kuhnert, P M ^a   Jones, P N ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Monitoring; Power analysis; Prawn trawling; Shrimp trawling; Sustainability; Trawl bycatch

Indexed keywords

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 33847068327     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2006.10.008     Document Type: Article

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