Discard mortality rates in the Bering Sea snow crab, Chionoecetes opilio, fishery

Abstract Fish and invertebrates that are unintentionally captured during commercial fishing operations and then released back into the ocean suffer mortality at unknown rates, introducing uncertainty into the fishery management process. Attempts have been made to quantify discard mortality rates usi...

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Published in:ICES Journal of Marine Science
Main Author: Urban, J. Daniel
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press (OUP) 2015
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsv004
http://academic.oup.com/icesjms/article-pdf/72/5/1525/31229140/fsv004.pdf