Use of escape vents to improve size and species selectivity of collapsible pot for blue swimming crab Portunus pelagicus in Thailand

Fisheries Science

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 25-33

  Boutson, Anukorn ^a   Mahasawasde, Chaichan ^b   Mahasawasde, Songsri ^b   Tunkijjanukij, Suriyan ^b   Arimoto, Takafumi ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Blue swimming crab; Bycatch; Discard; Escape vent; Portunus pelagicus; Pot; Size selectivity; Species selectivity

Indexed keywords

CALLINECTES DANAE; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); PORTUNUS PELAGICUS;

EID: 67651087204     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: 14442906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12562-008-0010-z     Document Type: Article

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