A retrospective assessment of the stock status of Otolithes ruber (Pisces: Sciaenidae) as bycatch on prawn trawlers from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

African Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 247-252

  Olbers, J M ^a   Fennessy, S T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bycatch; Otolimes ruber; Per recruit; Prawn trawling; Stock assessment

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; FISH; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGE AT MATURITY; BYCATCH; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; CRUSTACEAN; FISHING; MESH SIZE; MORTALITY; PERCID; STOCK ASSESSMENT; TRAWLING;

AFRICA; KWAZULU-NATAL; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

OTOLITHES RUBER; PISCES; SCIAENIDAE;

EID: 34948894408     PISSN: 1814232X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/AJMS.2007.29.2.8.191     Document Type: Article

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