Fish Behavior near Gillnets: Capture Processes, and Influencing Factors

Behavior of Marine Fishes: Capture Processes and Conservation Challenges

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 183-203

  He, Pingguo ^a   Pol, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries   (United States)

Author keywords

Bycatch and discards in gillnets reducing measures; Derelict gillnets ghost fishing problems and solutions; Fish behavior and gillnet fishing; Fish behavior near gillnets capture processes; Fish capture by gillnets basic mechanisms; Gillnet gear designs, and fishing efficiency; Gillnets subtypes set gillnets, driftnets; Marine mammals, seabirds, and seaturtles interactions with gillnets; Size selectivity of gillnets

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857923226     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780813810966.ch8     Document Type: Chapter

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