Evaluation of a simple means to reduce discard in the Kattegat-Skagerrak Nephrops (Nephrops norvegicus) fishery: Commercial testing of different codends and square-mesh panels

Fisheries Research

Volumn 91, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 175-186

  Krag, Ludvig Ahm ^a   Frandsen, Rikke Petri ^a   Madsen, Niels ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

By catch; Discard; Kattegat; Nephrops norvegicus; Skagerrak; Species selectivity; Square mesh panel; Trawl

Indexed keywords

NEPHROPS; NEPHROPS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 42749083360     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2007.11.022     Document Type: Article

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