Can bottom trawling disturbance increase food production for a commercial fish species?

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1393-1401

  Hiddink, Jan Geert ^a   Rijnsdorp, Adriaan D ^b   Piet, Gerjan ^b  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; BENTHOS; BOTTOM TRAWLING; BYCATCH; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FLATFISH; FOOD PRODUCTION; MARINE PARK; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TRAWLING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

INVERTEBRATA; PLEURONECTES; PLEURONECTES PLATESSA;

EID: 46849089729     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F08-064     Document Type: Article

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