Effective herding of flatfish by cables with minimal seafloor contact

Fishery Bulletin

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 136-144

  Rose, Craig S ^a   Gauvin, John R ^b   Hammond, Carwyn F ^a  

^a ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b Best Use Cooperative   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORA; PLEURONECTIFORMES; THERAGRA CHALCOGRAMMA;

EID: 77950973432     PISSN: 00900656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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