Factors affecting purse seine catches: An observer-based analysis

Mediterranean Marine Science

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 27-40

  Tsitsika, E V ^a   Maravelias, C D ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Abundance; Catches; Fisher; Mediterranean; Purse seiner

Indexed keywords

EID: 35148878003     PISSN: 1108393X     EISSN: 17916763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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