Quantification of species selectivity by using separating devices at different locations in two whitefish demersal trawls

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2052-2061

  Holst, René ^a   Ferro, Richard S T ^b   Krag, Ludvig Ahm ^a   Kynoch, Robert J ^b   Madsen, Niels ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BYCATCH; DEMERSAL FISHERY; FISHERY DISCARD; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; SALMONID; SIZE SELECTION; TRAWLING; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

GADUS MORHUA; MELANOGRAMMUS; MELANOGRAMMUS AEGLEFINUS; MERLANGIUS MERLANGUS; POLLACHIUS VIRENS;

EID: 70849122242     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F09-145     Document Type: Article

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