Modelling the direct impact of bottom trawling on the North Sea fish community to derive estimates of fishing mortality for non-target fish species

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 66, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1985-1998

  Piet, G J ^a   Van Hal, R ^a   Greenstreet, S P R ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Catch efficiency; Elasmobranchs; Fishing effort; Fishing impact; Non target species; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM TRAWLING; ESTIMATION METHOD; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; MODELING; MORTALITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIZE EFFECT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

ELASMOBRANCHII; MELANOGRAMMUS; PLEURONECTES;

EID: 70149116002     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsp162     Document Type: Conference Paper

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