Effect of Trawling on the Seabed and Mitigation Measures to Reduce Impact

Behavior of Marine Fishes: Capture Processes and Conservation Challenges

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 295-314

  He, Pingguo ^a   Winger, Paul D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Beam trawls; Ground gear types bobbin, roller, chain; Groundgear modifications bottom trawling with drop chains and weights; Pelagic and semipelagic trawls; Seabed impact of trawling otter trawls and beam trawls; Trawl door considerations; Trawling effect on seabed, impacts reducing measures mitigation; Trawls description and operation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855816942     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780813810966.ch12     Document Type: Chapter

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