Spatial distribution of commercial dredge fishing effort: Application to survey design and the spatial management of a patchily distributed benthic bivalve species

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 756-764

  Harrington, Julian J ^a   Semmens, Jayson M ^a   Haddon, Malcolm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Benthic communities; Fishing effort; Scallop fisheries; Spatial management; Spatial scale

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; BIVALVE; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHING EFFORT; HABITAT TYPE; SCALLOP CULTURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SURVEY DESIGN;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; TASMANIA;

BIVALVIA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); PECTEN FUMATUS;

EID: 34548270394     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF06101     Document Type: Article

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