Mortality of fish escaping trawl gears /

Selective fishing has a large potential to reduce bycatch and discards, but it can be justified only if significant numbers of escaping fish survive. Many factors affect the survival of fish escaping from fishing gears and few studies have adequately explained the full range of stress, injury and mo...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Suuronen, Petri
Corporate Author:	Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Rome, Italy : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2005.
Series:	FAO fisheries technical paper. 478.
Subjects:	Fishes > Mortality. Fisheries > Gear selectivity. Trawls and trawling > Design and construction.
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