Selectivity of flexible size-sorting grid in Mediterranean multispecies trawl fishery

Fisheries Science

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1231-1240

  Bahamon, Nixon ^a   Sardà, Francesc ^a   Suuronen, Petri ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cod end selectivity; European hake; Forkbeard; Multispecies trawl fishery; Norway lobster; Poor cod; Sorting grid; Square mesh

Indexed keywords

MERLUCCIUS MERLUCCIUS; NEPHROPS NORVEGICUS; PHYCIS BLENNOIDES; PHYCIS PHYCIS; TRISOPTERUS MINUTUS;

EID: 36749087077     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: 14442906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-2906.2007.01460.x     Document Type: Article

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