Reducing discards in a demersal purse-seine fishery

Aquatic Living Resources

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 135-144

  Gonçalves, Jorge M S ^a   Bentes, Luis ^a   Monteiro, Pedro ^a   Coelho, Rui ^a   Corado, Margarida ^a   Erzini, Karim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Bycatch reducing device; Discard; Fisheries management; Fishing impact; Gear selectivity

Indexed keywords

BYCATCH; CLUPEOID; DEMERSAL FISH; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHING; FISHING GEAR; PERCIFORM; TELEOST;

ARCHOSARGUS RHOMBOIDALIS; BELONE BELONE; BOOPS BOOPS; DICENTRARCHUS LABRAX; DIPLODUS; DIPLODUS BELLOTTII; PAGELLUS; SARDINA PILCHARDUS; SCOMBER JAPONICUS; SPARUS AURATA;

EID: 43449119712     PISSN: 09907440     EISSN: 17652952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/alr:2008023     Document Type: Article

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