Separating species using a horizontal panel in the Scottish North Sea whitefish trawl fishery

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1543-1550

  Ferro, R S T ^a   Jones, E G ^a   Kynoch, R J ^a   Fryer, R J ^a   Buckett, B E ^a  

^a MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cod; Demersal otter trawl; Light level; Separating panel; Species separation; Towing speed

Indexed keywords

DEMERSAL FISHERY; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; EXPLOITATION; FISHING GEAR; FISHING VESSEL; FLATFISH FISHERY; GADOID FISHERY; SWIMMING BEHAVIOR; TRAWLING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

CARNIVORA; MELANOGRAMMUS; PLEURONECTES; PLEURONECTIFORMES; POLLACHIUS VIRENS;

EID: 35948973268     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsm099     Document Type: Article

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