Shrimp loss associated with turtle excluder devices: Are the historical estimates statistically biased?

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 203-211

  Gallaway, Benny J ^a   Cole, John G ^a   Nance, James M ^b   Hart, Rick A ^b   Graham, Gary L ^c  

^a LGL Ecological Research Associates Inc   (United States)

^b NOAA Fisheries Service Galveston Laboratory   (United States)

^c Texas A and M Sea Grant Program   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCH STATISTICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRUSTACEAN; ESTIMATION METHOD; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRAWL NET; TURTLE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); PENAEIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 42049097194     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: 15488675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/M07-002.1     Document Type: Article

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