Hake catchability by the French trawler fleet in the Bay of Biscay: Estimating technical and biological components

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 107-118

  Mahévas, Stéphanie ^a   Trenkel, Verena M ^a   Doray, Mathieu ^a   Peyronnet, Arnaud ^a  

^a IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Beam trawl; Catchability; Fishing power; GLMM; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

CATCH COMPOSITION; CATCH PER UNIT EFFORT; FISHERY MODELING; FISHING GEAR; GADOID FISHERY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TRAWLING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF BISCAY;

MERLUCCIUS MERLUCCIUS; REXEA SOLANDRI;

EID: 79951964964     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsq140     Document Type: Article

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