Adaptive response of beam trawl fishers to rising fuel cost

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 675-684

  Poos, Jan Jaap ^a   Turenhout, Michael N J ^b   A E Van Oostenbrugge, Hans ^a   Rijnsdorp, Adriaan D ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Amacore BV   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

fishing fleets; fuel consumption; fuel price; towing speed

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA SET; ENERGY CONSERVATION; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POPULATION DECLINE; PRICE DYNAMICS; TOWING; TRADE-OFF; TRAWLING;

EID: 84876359481     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fss196     Document Type: Article

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