The reactions of shoaling adult cod to a pelagic trawl: Implications for commercial trawling

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 303-312

  Rosen, Shale ^a,b,c   Engs, Arill ^a,b   Fernö, Anders ^a,b   Jörgensen, Terje ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c Scantrol AS   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cod behaviour; Diving; Fish capture; Midwater trawl; Swimming speed

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CAPTURE METHOD; COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY; DIVING BEHAVIOR; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHING; GADOID FISHERY; HARVESTING; PELAGIC FISHERY; SWIMMING BEHAVIOR; TRACKING; TRAWLING; VESSEL;

NORWAY;

GADUS MORHUA;

EID: 84857347313     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsr199     Document Type: Article

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