A modelling approach for assessing short-term catch losses as a consequence of a mesh size increase

Fisheries Research

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 399-406

  Tschernij, Vesa ^a   Suuronen, Petri ^b   Jounela, Pekka ^b  

^a Iconex Ltd   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Baltic cod; Catch loss; Compensation actions; Effort; Mesh size increase

Indexed keywords

CATCH PER UNIT EFFORT; CATCH STATISTICS; FISHERY REGULATION; MESH SIZE; TRAWLING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

GADUS; GADUS CALLARIAS; GADUS MORHUA;

EID: 4644324834     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2004.05.011     Document Type: Article

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