Monitoring the behaviour of longline gears and the depth and time of fish capture in the Australian Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery

Fisheries Research

Volumn 119-120, Issue , 2012, Pages 48-65

  Campbell, Robert A ^a   Young, Jock W ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Availability profiles; Billfish; Catch times; Hook depth profiles; Pelagic longlines; Tuna

Indexed keywords

SCOMBRIDAE; XIPHIIDAE;

EID: 84855802299     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2011.12.006     Document Type: Article

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