The discard problem - A comparative analysis of two fisheries: The English Nephrops fishery and the Dutch beam trawl fishery

Ocean and Coastal Management

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 772-778

  Catchpole, Tom ^a   van Keeken, Olvin ^b   Gray, Tim ^c   Piet, Gerjan ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISH; FISHING VESSELS; MAMMALS; MEATS;

BENTHIC ORGANISMS; COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; FISH CAUGHT; MANAGEMENT MEASURES; MARKET FORCES; NORTH SEAS; PLANT MATERIALS;

FISHERIES;

BENTHOS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FISHING VESSEL; LOBSTER FISHERY; MARKET DEVELOPMENT; TRAWLING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; NORTH SEA; WESTERN EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CRUSTACEA; MAMMALIA; NEPHROPS;

EID: 54049142002     PISSN: 09645691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2008.06.015     Document Type: Article

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