Development of new concepts for escape windows to minimise cod catches in Norway lobster fisheries

Fisheries Research

Volumn 103, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 25-29

  Madsen, Niels ^a   Frandsen, Rikke Petri ^a   Holst, René ^a   Krag, Ludvig A ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Acoustic releaser; Escape window; Gadus morhua; Kattegat; Nephrops norvegicus; Pleuronectes platessa; Selectivity; Skagerrak; Sorting box; Square mesh panel; Trawl

Indexed keywords

GADUS MORHUA; NEPHROPS NORVEGICUS; PLEURONECTES PLATESSA; PLEURONECTIFORMES;

EID: 77949569529     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2010.01.008     Document Type: Article

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