A two-step approach to estimating selectivity and fishing power of research gill nets used in Greenland waters

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1007-1013

  Hovgård, Holger ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC COD; FISHING POWER; GEAR SELECTIVITY; GILLNET SELECTIVITY; GILLNETS; MESH SIZE; RESEARCH SURVEYS;

GREENLAND;

GADUS MORHUA;

EID: 85047678599     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f96-022     Document Type: Article

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