Evaluating discard mortality of summer flounder (Paralichthys dentatus) in the commercial trawl fishery: Developing acoustic telemetry techniques

Fisheries Research

Volumn 115-116, Issue , 2012, Pages 72-81

  Yergey, Matthew E ^a   Grothues, Thomas M ^a   Able, Kenneth W ^a   Crawford, Callie ^a,b   DeCristofer, Kevin ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Teacher Education and Department of Sociology and Anthropology   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic telemetry; Discard mortality; Summer flounder; Trawl fishery

Indexed keywords

PARALICHTHYS; PARALICHTHYS DENTATUS; PLEURONECTOIDEI;

EID: 84455178902     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2011.11.009     Document Type: Article

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