Fishing practice, gear design, and the ecosystem approach - Three case studies demonstrating the effect of management strategy on gear selectivity and discards

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 744-750

  Graham, Norman ^a,e   Ferro, Richard S T ^b   Karp, William A ^c   MacMullen, Philip ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d Seafish House   (United Kingdom)

^e MARINE INSTITUTE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Bycatch; Discards; Fisheries management; Gear selectivity

Indexed keywords

BYCATCH; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; ECOSYSTEM APPROACH; FISHING COMMUNITY; FISHING GEAR; FISHING MORTALITY; FISHING VESSEL; GADOID; GEAR SELECTIVITY; HARVESTING; JUVENILE; SHRIMP CULTURE; STOCKING DENSITY; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TRAWLING;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH SEA; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); NEPHROPS; THERAGRA CHALCOGRAMMA;

EID: 35948972148     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsm059     Document Type: Conference Paper

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