Gill net selectivty
Gill net selectivty
Date
2002
Authors
Thomas, S.N.
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Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Central Institude of Fisheries Technology
Abstract
Selectivity is an important tool for effective management of fisheries. It is defined as the ability to target and capture fish by species, size or sex or a combination of these during harvesting operation, allowing all incidental by catch to be released unharmed. By regulating the minimum mesh size of a fishing fleet, the minimum landing size of the target species can be determined. Several researchers stress the importance of selecting the optimum mesh size from the standpoint of conservation of population.
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Keywords
Gillnet, selectivity
Citation
In Winter School manual on "Advances in Harvest Technology" organized by CIFT at Cochin 20 Nov - 19 Dec 2002, 393-402