Use of herring bait to farm lobsters in the Gulf of Maine

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Grabowski, Jonathan H ^a   Clesceri, Erika J ^b   Baukus, Adam J ^c   Gaudette, Julien ^a   Weber, Matthew ^d   Yund, Philip O ^a,e  

^a GULF OF MAINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE   (United States)

^d Darling Marine Center ^*

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TRAPPING; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC HERRING; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; HOMARUS AMERICANUS; LOBSTER; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES HABITAT; WATER TEMPERATURE; ANIMAL; AQUACULTURE; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; FISH; FOOD INDUSTRY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NEPHROPIDAE; SEA; UNITED STATES;

CLUPEA HARENGUS; CLUPEIDAE; HOMARUS AMERICANUS; LOBSTER;

ANIMALS; AQUACULTURE; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; FISHERIES; FISHES; HUMANS; MAINE; NEPHROPIDAE; OCEANS AND SEAS;

EID: 77956298958     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0010188     Document Type: Article

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