Combining passive integrated transponder tags with conventional T-bar tags to improve tag reporting rates in a rock lobster trap fishery

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 347-353

  Frusher, Stewart D ^a   Hall, David ^b   Burch, Paul ^a,c,d   Gardner, Caleb ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b Hallprint Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hybrid tag; Jasus edwardsii; Lobsters; Mortality rates; Tag location

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; LOBSTER FISHERY; MORTALITY; TAGGING; TRAP FISHING;

JASUS EDWARDSII; LOBSTER;

EID: 67650818698     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: 11758805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330909510005     Document Type: Article

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