Fishing tuna around Fish Aggregating Devices (FADs) vs free swimming schools: Skipper decision and other determining factors

Fisheries Research

Volumn 109, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 234-242

  Guillotreau, Patrice ^a,b   Salladarré, Frédéric ^a,c   Dewals, Patrice ^b   Dagorn, Laurent ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

Author keywords

Fish Aggregating Devices; Purse seine; Skipper effect; Tuna

Indexed keywords

SCOMBRIDAE; THUNNUS ALBACARES;

EID: 79954715004     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2011.02.007     Document Type: Article

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