A Test of Bycatch Reduction Devices on Commercial Crab Pots in a Tidal Marsh Creek in Virginia

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 386-390

  Morris, A Scott ^a   Wilson, Stephanie M ^a   Dever, Erik F ^a   Chambers, Randolph M ^a  

^a Dept of Economics and Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy at the College of William and Mary   (United States)

Author keywords

Diamondback terrapin; Excluder; Recreational crabbing

Indexed keywords

BAIT; BYCATCH; COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY; CRAB; MARSH; MORTALITY; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY;

UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA; YORK RIVER;

CALLINECTES SAPIDUS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); MALACLEMYS; MALACLEMYS TERRAPIN;

EID: 79751533334     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-010-9330-1     Document Type: Article

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