Comparison of the catches of European hake (Merluccius merluccius, L. 1758) taken with experimental gillnets of different mesh sizes in the northern Tyrrhenian Sea (western Mediterranean)

Scientia Marina

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 47-56

  Sbrana, Mario ^a   Belcari, Paola ^b   De Ranieri, Stefano ^a   Sartor, Paolo ^a   Viva, Claudio ^b  

^a Centro Interuniversitario di Biologia Marina ed Ecologia Applicata   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Artisanal fishery; European hake; Gillnet; Sechin method; Select method; Selectivity; Western Mediterranean

Indexed keywords

ARTISANAL FISHERY; BIOMASS; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; GILLNET; MESH SIZE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; TYRRHENIAN SEA;

CHELIDONICHTHYS; EQUIDAE; MERLUCCIUS MERLUCCIUS; REXEA SOLANDRI; TRACHURUS TRACHURUS;

EID: 34147146529     PISSN: 02148358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3989/scimar.2007.71n147     Document Type: Article

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