Discarding of plaice (Pleuronectes platessa) in the Danish North Sea trawl fishery

Journal of Sea Research

Volumn 75, Issue , 2013, Pages 129-134

  Madsen, Niels ^a   Feekings, Jordan ^a   Lewy, Peter ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Discards; Fisheries Management; North Sea; Plaice; Pleuronectes Platessa; Trawl

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; DATA ACQUISITION; DEMERSAL FISH; FISHERY DISCARD; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FLATFISH; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TRAWLING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; DENMARK; NORTH SEA;

PLEURONECTES; PLEURONECTES PLATESSA; PLEURONECTIFORMES;

EID: 84870384864     PISSN: 13851101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seares.2012.05.005     Document Type: Article

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