The dynamics of small-scale patchiness of plaice and sole as reflected in the catch rates of the Dutch beam trawl fleet and its implications for the fleet dynamics

Journal of Sea Research

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 100-112

  Poos, Jan Jaap ^a   Rijnsdorp, Adriaan D ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Catch effort; Flatfish fisheries; North Sea; Spatial variations

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; FISHING EFFORT; FLATFISH; FLATFISH FISHERY; MIGRATION; PATCHINESS; SPATIAL VARIATION; VARIOGRAM;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

PLEURONECTES; PLEURONECTES PLATESSA; PLEURONECTIFORMES; SOLEA SOLEA;

EID: 34347272238     PISSN: 13851101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seares.2007.01.006     Document Type: Article

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