The use of separator panels and square mesh windows for by-catch reduction in the crustacean trawl fishery off the Algarve (South Portugal)

Fisheries Research

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 147-156

  Campos, Aida ^a   Fonseca, Paulo ^a  

^a Ave Brasilia 1449 006 Lisboa P   (Portugal)

Author keywords

By catch reducing devices; Capros aper; Micromesistius poutassou; Nephrops norvegicus; Parapenaeus longirostris; Portuguese continental waters; Separator panel; Square mesh window; Trachurus trachurus

Indexed keywords

BYCATCH; FISHING GEAR; MESH SIZE; TRAWLING;

ALGARVE; EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

CAPROS APER; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EQUUS CABALLUS; LOBSTER; MERLANGIUS MERLANGUS; MICROMESISTIUS; MICROMESISTIUS POUTASSOU; NEPHROPS NORVEGICUS; PARAPENAEUS LONGIROSTRIS; PARAPENAEUS POLITUS; TRACHURUS; TRACHURUS TRACHURUS;

EID: 4544335790     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2004.05.009     Document Type: Article

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