A study of fish behaviour in the extension of a demersal trawl using a multi-compartment separator frame and SIT camera system

Fisheries Research

Volumn 98, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 62-66

  Krag, Ludvig A ^a   Madsen, Niels ^a   Karlsen, Junita D ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Fish behaviour; North Sea; Species separation; Trawl

Indexed keywords

GADIFORMES; MELANOGRAMMUS; MELANOGRAMMUS AEGLEFINUS; MERLANGIUS MERLANGUS; NEPHROPS; NEPHROPS NORVEGICUS; PLEURONECTIFORMES; POLLACHIUS VIRENS;

EID: 67349236395     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2009.03.012     Document Type: Article

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