Bait loss and its potential effects on fishing power in pelagic longline fisheries

Fisheries Research

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 69-76

  Ward, Peter ^a   Myers, Ransom A ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bait; Catchability; Effort standardization; Fishing power; Longline; Pelagic

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOPODA; SCOMBRIDAE; THUNNUS OBESUS;

EID: 34250870644     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2007.05.002     Document Type: Article

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