Proximity of Pacific cod to the sea floor: Using archival tags to estimate fish availability to research bottom trawls

Fisheries Research

Volumn 86, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 129-135

  Nichol, Daniel G ^a   Honkalehto, Taina ^a   Thompson, Grant G ^a  

^a ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Archival tags; Availability; Bottom trawls; Catchability; Pacific cod

Indexed keywords

GADUS MACROCEPHALUS;

EID: 34547758383     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2007.05.009     Document Type: Article

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