Observer-reported skate bycatch in the commercial groundfish fisheries of Alaska

Fishery Bulletin

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 208-217

  Stevenson, Duane E ^a   Lewis, Kristy A ^a  

^a ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATHYRAJA ALEUTICA; BATHYRAJA PARMIFERA; RAJA; RAJA BINOCULATA;

EID: 77950981193     PISSN: 00900656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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