Behaviour of mackerel schools during summer feeding migration in the Norwegian Sea, as observed from fishing vessel sonars

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1093-1099

  Godø, Olav Rune ^a   Hjellvik, Vidar ^a   Iversen, Svein A ^a   Slotte, Aril ^a   Tenningen, Eirik ^a   Torkelsen, Terje ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

commercial vessels; distribution; mackerel; migration; school tracking; sonar

Indexed keywords

DEPTH; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; PERCIFORM; SCHOOLING BEHAVIOR; SONAR; TRACKING;

ARCTIC OCEAN; NORWEGIAN SEA;

SCOMBER; SCOMBER SCOMBRUS;

EID: 6344265331     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icesjms.2004.06.009     Document Type: Conference Paper

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