Gear technology in Nephrops trawl fisheries

Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 17-31

  Catchpole, Thomas L ^a   Revill, A S ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fish behaviour; Gear technology; Nephrops; Trawl

Indexed keywords

BYCATCH; FISHERY DISCARD; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; GEAR SELECTIVITY; MESH SIZE; TRAWL NET; TRAWLING;

GADUS MORHUA; MELANOGRAMMUS; MELANOGRAMMUS AEGLEFINUS; MERLANGIUS MERLANGUS; NEPHROPS; NEPHROPS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 38049070307     PISSN: 09603166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11160-007-9061-y     Document Type: Article

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