Analysis of mesh breaking loads in cotton gill nets: Possible solution to ghost fishing

Fisheries Science

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 230-235

  Matsushita, Yoshiki ^a   Machida, Shusuke ^b,e   Kanehiro, Haruyuki ^b   Nakamura, Fumio ^c   Honda, Naoto ^d  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c CHIBA PREFECTURAL FISHERIES RESEARCH CENTER   (Japan)

^d FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^e Nippon Marine Enterprises Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cotton fiber; Degradation; Ghost fishing; Gill net; Japanese spiny lobster; Mesh breaking load

Indexed keywords

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; PANULIRUS JAPONICUS;

EID: 41549085757     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: 14442906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-2906.2008.01517.x     Document Type: Article

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