The utility of square mesh to reduce bycatch in Hawkesbury River prawn trawls

Ecological Management and Restoration

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 221-225

  Macbeth, William G ^a,b   Broadhurst, Matt K ^a   Millar, Russell B ^c  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bycatch; Penaeid; Prawn; Selectivity; Shrimp; Squaremesh codend; Trawl

Indexed keywords

BYCATCH; FISHING INDUSTRY; GEAR SELECTIVITY; PRAWN FISHERY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; HAWKESBURY RIVER; NEW SOUTH WALES; WORLD;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); METAPENAEUS BENNETTAE;

EID: 9644260446     PISSN: 14427001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-8903.2004.209-5.x     Document Type: Article

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