Catch length analysis, relation to minimum landing sizes and management implications from a Mediterranean small-scale fishery (Patraikos Gulf, Greece)

Fisheries Research

Volumn 93, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 125-134

  Tzanatos, Evangelos ^a   Somarakis, Stylianos ^a   Tserpes, George ^b   Koutsikopoulos, Constantin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Greece; Length composition; Management; Mediterranean; Minimum landing size; Season; Small scale fisheries

Indexed keywords

DIPLODUS ANNULARIS; DIPLODUS SARGUS; MERLUCCIUS MERLUCCIUS; MULLUS BARBATUS; MULLUS SURMULETUS; PAGELLUS ACARNE; PAGELLUS ERYTHRINUS; SCOMBER JAPONICUS; SEPIA OFFICINALIS; SEPIIDAE; SOLEA SOLEA; SPARUS AURATA; SQUILLA MANTIS; TRACHURUS MEDITERRANEUS;

EID: 47549102022     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2008.03.003     Document Type: Article

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