Selectivity and escapement behaviour of five commercial fishery species in standard square- and diamond-mesh codends

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 67, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1721-1731

  Frandsen, Rikke P ^a   Madsen, Niels ^a   Krag, Ludvig A ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

cover; escapement behaviour; Gadus morhua; Kattegat; mixed species fishery; Nephrops norvegicus; Pleuronectes platessa; selectivity; Skagerrak; square mesh codend; trawl

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL SPECIES; ESCAPEMENT; GADOID FISHERY; LOBSTER; MESH SIZE; POLYCULTURE; SELECTIVE BREEDING; TRAWLING;

GADUS MORHUA; MELANOGRAMMUS; MELANOGRAMMUS AEGLEFINUS; MERLANGIUS MERLANGUS; NEPHROPS; NEPHROPS NORVEGICUS; PLEURONECTES; PLEURONECTES PLATESSA;

EID: 77958174057     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsq050     Document Type: Article

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