Stock size matters more than vessel size: The fuel efficiency of Swedish demersal trawl fisheries 2002-2010

Marine Policy

Volumn 44, Issue , 2014, Pages 72-81

  Ziegler, Friederike ^a   Hornborg, Sara ^a,b  

^a SIK THE SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR FOOD AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Demersal trawling; Fisheries; Fuel use; Grid; LCA

Indexed keywords

DEMERSAL FISHERY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHING VESSEL; FUEL CONSUMPTION; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; TRAWLING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; SWEDEN;

GADUS CALLARIAS;

EID: 84889567024     PISSN: 0308597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2013.06.015     Document Type: Article

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