Reducing the discards of finfish and benthic invertebrates of UK beam trawlers

Fisheries Research

Volumn 97, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 140-147

  Wade, O ^a   Revill, A S ^b   Grant, A ^c   Sharp, M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Beam trawl; Discards; Gear technology; GLMM; Square mesh; UK fisheries

Indexed keywords

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EID: 62149087470     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2009.01.007     Document Type: Article

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