Effect of towing speed and net mouth size on catch efficiency in framed midwater trawls

Fisheries Science

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1007-1016

  Itaya, Kazuhiko ^a   Fujimori, Yasuzumi ^b   Shimizu, Susumu ^b   Komatsu, Teruhisa ^c   Miura, Teisuke ^b  

^a Hokkaido Ctrl Fish Exp Station   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Catch efficiency; Entering rate; Fish density; FMT; Juvenile; Young fish

Indexed keywords

EID: 35148835126     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: 14442906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-2906.2007.01430.x     Document Type: Article

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