Rope Grid: A new grid design to further reduce finfish bycatch in the Gulf of Maine pink shrimp fishery

Fisheries Research

Volumn 111, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 100-107

  He, Pingguo ^a   Balzano, Vincent ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

^b FV North Star   (United States)

Author keywords

Bycatch reduction; Grid; Pandalus borealis; Pink shrimp; Trawl

Indexed keywords

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GLYPTOCEPHALUS CYNOGLOSSUS; HIPPOGLOSSOIDES PLATESSOIDES; MERLUCCIUS BILINEARIS; PANDALUS BOREALIS; PLEURONECTOIDEI; UROPHYCIS CHUSS;

EID: 80051668176     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2011.07.001     Document Type: Article

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