Assessment of the potential impacts of trap usage and ghost fishing on the Northern Demersal Scalefish Fishery

Reviews in Fisheries Science

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 74-84

  Newman, Stephen J ^a   Skepper, Craig L ^a   Mitsopoulos, Gabby E A ^a   Wakefield, Corey B ^a   Meeuwig, Jessica J ^b   Harvey, Euan S ^b  

^a WESTERN AUSTRALIAN FISHERIES AND MARINE RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dumped traps; Epinephelidae; Ghost fishing; Kimberley; Lethrinidae; Lutjanidae

Indexed keywords

LETHRINIDAE; LUTJANIDAE; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 84860841747     PISSN: 10641262     EISSN: 15476553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10641262.2010.543961     Document Type: Article

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