Mortalities of fish escaping from square and diamond mesh codends in the Aegean Sea

Fisheries Research

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 386-392

  Düzbastilar, F Ozan ^a   Özbilgin, Hüseyin ^b   Aydin, Celalettin ^a   Metin, Gülnur ^a   Ulaş, Ali ^a   Lök, Altan ^a   Metin, Cengiz ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MERSIN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Aegean Sea; Diamond mesh; Escape mortality; Square mesh; Trawl codend

Indexed keywords

ARNOGLOSSUS LATERNA; DIPLODUS ANNULARIS; MULLIDAE; MULLUS BARBATUS; PAGELLUS ERYTHRINUS; SERRANUS HEPATUS; SPICARA MAENA; SPICARA SMARIS;

EID: 78149408662     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2010.09.008     Document Type: Article

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