Assessment of the potential impacts of trap usage and ghost fishing on the Northern Demersal Scalefish Fishery

Fish traps are the principal fishing gear used in the Northern Demersal Scalefish Fishery. These fish traps are left at sea (dumped) between trips and are occasionally lost. The present study quantified the number of fish caught by baited fish traps set on the seabed and left to fish over the short...

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Main Authors: Newman, S., Skepper, C., Mitsopoulos, G., Wakefield, C., Meeuwig, J., Harvey, Euan
Format: Journal Article
Published: Taylor & Francis Inc. 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/40852