When conventional fisheries management fails to reduce the catch and discard of juvenile fish: A case study of the Argentine hake trawl fishery in san Matías Gulf

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 702-712

  Romero, M Alejandra ^a,b   González, Raú ^a   Ocampo Reinaldo, Matías ^a,b  

^a LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMONITORING; BYCATCH; CATCH COMPOSITION; HARVESTING; JUVENILE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SIZE SELECTION; TRAWLING;

ARGENTINA;

MERLUCCIUS HUBBSI;

EID: 79954562200     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: 15488675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/M09-148.1     Document Type: Article

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