Effects of fishing methods on deep water shark species caught as by-catch off southern Portugal

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 606, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 187-193

  Coelho, Rui ^a   Erzini, Karim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

By catch; Deep water sharks; Fishing gears; Maturity; Sex ratio; Size distribution

Indexed keywords

COSTS; SEAWATER; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

DEEP WATER SHARKS; FISHING GEARS;

FISH;

BYCATCH; DEEP WATER; FISHING; FISHING GEAR; MATURATION; SEX RATIO; SHARK; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TRAWLING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ATLANTICUS; CHONDRICHTHYES; CRUSTACEA; ETMOPTERUS PUSILLUS; ETMOPTERUS SPINAX; GALEUS; GALEUS MELASTOMUS; OSTEICHTHYES; SCYLIORHINIDAE;

EID: 42149119544     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-008-9335-y     Document Type: Conference Paper

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