Spatial management of the Mediterranean bottom-trawl fisheries: The case of the southern Aegean Sea

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 670, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 267-274

  Tserpes, George ^a   Tzanatos, Evangelos ^a   Peristeraki, Panagiota ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bottom trawl fisheries; Demersal fish; Distribution; Management; Mediterranean

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BOTTOM TRAWLING; CEPHALOPOD; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DEMERSAL FISH; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; TIME SERIES;

AEGEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

CEPHALOPODA;

EID: 79957869651     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-011-0667-7     Document Type: Article

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