Chondrichthyan by-catch and discards in the demersal trawl fishery of the central Aegean Sea (Eastern Mediterranean)

Fisheries Research

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 142-152

  Damalas, Dimitrios ^a   Vassilopoulou, Vassiliki ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aegean; Chondrichthyans; Discards; Management; Species richness

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORA; CHONDRICHTHYES; GALEUS MELASTOMUS; PISCES; RAJA; SCYLIORHINUS CANICULA;

EID: 79251600661     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2010.12.012     Document Type: Article

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