Observations of discards in the Scottish mixed demersal trawl fishery

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 68, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1734-1742

  Fernandes, Paul G ^a   Coull, Kenny ^b   Davis, Craig ^b   Clark, Peter ^b   Catarino, Rui ^b   Bailey, Nick ^b   Fryer, Rob ^b   Pout, Alastair ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

discards; gadoids; North Sea; observer programme; west of Scotland

Indexed keywords

CATCH COMPOSITION; DEMERSAL FISH; ESTIMATION METHOD; FISHING GEAR; GADOID; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SAMPLING; STANDARDIZATION; STOCK ASSESSMENT; TRAWLING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

GADIFORMES; MELANOGRAMMUS; POLLACHIUS VIRENS;

EID: 80052013369     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsr131     Document Type: Article

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