Quantitative analysis of the behaviour of the flatheads (Platycephalidae) during the trawl capture process as determined by real-time multiple observations

Fisheries Research

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 28-39

  Yanase, Kazutaka ^a   Eayrs, Steve ^b   Arimoto, Takafumi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b GULF OF MAINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bycatch; Catchability; Discards; Sand flathead; Selectivity; Swimming performance; Tiger flathead; Trawl; Underwater observation

Indexed keywords

KATHETOSTOMA GIGANTEUM; NEOPLATYCEPHALUS RICHARDSONI; PLATYCEPHALIDAE; PLATYCEPHALUS ARENARIUS; PLATYCEPHALUS BASSENSIS; PLATYCEPHALUS MACRODON; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 56949102496     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2008.07.006     Document Type: Article

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