Discarding practices in a Mediterranean small-scale fishing fleet (Patraikos Gulf, Greece)

Fisheries Management and Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 277-285

  Tzanatos, E ^a   Somarakis, S ^a   Tserpes, G ^b   Koutsikopoulos, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Discards; Greece; Mediterranean; Patraikos Gulf; Small scale fisheries

Indexed keywords

CATCH STATISTICS; FISHERY DISCARD; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHING GEAR; FISHING VESSEL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

DIPLODUS ANNULARIS; LEPIDOPUS CAUDATUS; MERLUCCIUS MERLUCCIUS; SARDINELLA AURITA; SCORPAENA SCROFA; SPICARA FLEXUOSA; SQUILLA MANTIS;

EID: 34547108345     PISSN: 0969997X     EISSN: 13652400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2400.2007.00556.x     Document Type: Article

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