Improving fishing effort descriptors: Modelling engine power and gear-size relations of five European trawl fleets

Fisheries Research

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 39-46

  Eigaard, Ole Ritzau ^a   Rihan, Dominic ^b   Graham, Norman ^c   Sala, Antonello ^d   Zachariassen, Kristian ^e  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b Bord Iascaigh Mhara ^*  (Ireland)

^c MARINE INSTITUTE   (Ireland)

^d INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCES   (Italy)

^e FAROE MARINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Faroe Islands)

Author keywords

Catchability; Engine power; Fishing mortality; Kilowatt days; Swept area; Trawl geometry; Trawl size

Indexed keywords

CLUPEA HARENGUS; CLUPEIDAE; LOPHIUS PISCATORIUS; NEPHROPS; NEPHROPS NORVEGICUS; SCOMBER SCOMBRUS;

EID: 79955957227     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2011.03.010     Document Type: Article

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