Effect of mesh size and codend circumference on selectivity in the Mediterranean demersal trawl fisheries

Fisheries Research

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 252-258

  Sala, Antonello ^a   Lucchetti, Alessandro ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Codend circumference; Codend rigging ratio; Demersal trawl fisheries; Mediterranean Sea; Mesh size; Selectivity

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOPODA; LOLIGO MEDIA; MERLUCCIUS MERLUCCIUS; MULLIDAE; MULLUS BARBATUS;

EID: 79959231284     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2011.04.012     Document Type: Article

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