Bycatch in a tropical schooling - Penaeid fishery and comparisons with a related, specialised trawl regime

Fisheries Management and Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 191-201

  Dell, Quinton ^a   Brewer, D T ^a   Griffiths, S P ^a   Heales, D S ^a   Tonks, M L ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bycatch monitoring; Management; Penaeus merguiensis; Prawn trawling

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BYCATCH; FISHERY; MONITORING SYSTEM; PRAWN FISHERY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOLING BEHAVIOR; STOCK ASSESSMENT; TRAWLING;

FENNEROPENAEUS MERGUIENSIS; PENAEIDAE; PENAEUS ESCULENTUS; PENAEUS MONODON; PENAEUS SEMISULCATUS; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 65949122092     PISSN: 0969997X     EISSN: 13652400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2400.2009.00655.x     Document Type: Article

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