Bycatch of crustacean and fish bottom trawl fisheries from southern Portugal (Algarve)

Scientia Marina

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 801-814

  Costa, Maria Esmeralda ^a   Erzini, Karim ^a   Borges, Teresa Cerveira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Algarve; Bycatch; Crustacean; Fish; Portugal; Trawl fisheries

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM TRAWLING; BYCATCH; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; CRUSTACEAN; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHING GEAR;

ALGARVE; EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ALGAE; ARISTEUS ANTENNATUS; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); DIPLODUS; EQUIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; MERLUCCIUS; MERLUCCIUS MERLUCCIUS; NEPHROPS NORVEGICUS; OSTEICHTHYES; PAGELLUS; PARAPENAEUS LONGIROSTRIS; PISCES; SCOMBRIDAE; TRACHURUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 58149458876     PISSN: 02148358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3989/scimar.2008.72n4801     Document Type: Article

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