Reducing the catch of small shrimps in the Gulf of Maine pink shrimp fishery with a size-sorting grid device

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1551-1557

  He, Pingguo ^a   Balzano, Vincent ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b FV North Star   (United States)

Author keywords

Bycatch reduction; Pandalus borealis; Pink shrimp; Shrimp trawl; Size selectivity

Indexed keywords

BYCATCH; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; SHRIMP FISHERY; SIZE SELECTION; TRAWLING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MAINE;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); PANDALUS BOREALIS;

EID: 35948968104     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsm098     Document Type: Article

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