A simulation-based attempt to quantify the morphological component of size selection of Nephrops norvegicus in trawl codends

Fisheries Research

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 156-167

  Frandsen, Rikke Petri ^a   Herrmann, Bent ^a   Madsen, Niels ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

FISHSELECT; Morphology; Nephrops norvegicus; Norway lobster; Selectivity; Trawl

Indexed keywords

NEPHROPS; NEPHROPS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 70649105467     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2009.09.017     Document Type: Article

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