Species-selective Nephrops trawling: Swedish grid experiments

Fisheries Research

Volumn 90, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 109-117

  Valentinsson, D ^a   Ulmestrand, M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Sweden)

Author keywords

By catch; Cod; Discards; Kattegat; Nephrops; Nordm re grid; Skagerrak; Species selectivity; Square mesh cod end

Indexed keywords

MELANOGRAMMUS; NEPHROPS; PLEURONECTES; REXEA SOLANDRI;

EID: 40649128085     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2007.10.011     Document Type: Article

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