Estimating high resolution trawl fishing effort from satellite-based vessel monitoring system data

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 248-255

  Mills, Craig M ^a   Townsend, Sunny E ^a,b   Jennings, Simon ^a   Eastwood, Paul D ^a   Houghton, Carla A ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beam trawling; Fishing effects; Fishing effort; North Sea; Vessel monitoring system

Indexed keywords

FISHERY MANAGEMENT; MONITORING SYSTEM; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TRAWLING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

EID: 34447513766     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsl026     Document Type: Article

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