Design and test of a topless shrimp trawl to reduce pelagic fish bycatch in the Gulf of Maine pink shrimp fishery

Journal of Northwest Atlantic Fishery Science

Volumn 38, Issue , 2007, Pages 13-21

  He, Pingguo ^a   Goethel, David ^b   Smith, Tracey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b F/V Ellen Diane   (United States)

Author keywords

Bycatch reduction; Clupea harengus; Herring; Pandalus borealis; Shrimp; Trawl

Indexed keywords

BYCATCH; FINFISH; FISHING; FLUME EXPERIMENT; PELAGIC FISH; SHRIMP FISHERY; TRAWLING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MAINE;

CLUPEA HARENGUS; CLUPEIDAE; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); HIPPOGLOSSOIDES PLATESSOIDES; PANDALUS BOREALIS; PLEURONECTOIDEI; PSEUDOPLEURONECTES AMERICANUS;

EID: 45249108645     PISSN: 02506408     EISSN: 18131859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2960/J.v38.m591     Document Type: Conference Paper

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