Effects of hook size and barbless hooks on hooking injury, catch per unit effort, and fish size in a mixed-species recreational fishery in the western Mediterranean Sea

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 899-905

  Alós, Josep ^a,b   Palmer, Miquel ^a   Grau, Antoni Maria ^c   Deudero, Salud ^b  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^c Govern de Les Illes Balears ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Barbless hook; Cpue; Deep hooking; Hook size; Management; Recreational fisheries

Indexed keywords

ANGLING; CATCH PER UNIT EFFORT; FISH; INJURY; MODELING; SIZE EFFECT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BALEARIC ISLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (WEST); SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 46249106293     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsn067     Document Type: Article

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