The influence of towing speed and fish density on the behaviour of haddock in a trawl cod-end

Fisheries Research

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 166-174

  Jones, Emma G ^a   Summerbell, Keith ^a   O'Neill, Finbarr ^a  

^a MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cod end; Density; Escape behaviour; Haddock; Towing speed

Indexed keywords

MELANOGRAMMUS;

EID: 54949157600     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2008.06.010     Document Type: Article

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