Fish by-catch in shrimp beam trawls in the northern South China Sea
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- 1 May 2015
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Hindawi Limited in Journal of Applied Ichthyology
- Vol. 31 (4) , 714-717
Abstract
The by‐catch of shrimp beam trawl fisheries in the northern South China Sea were estimated during the 2005–2006 and 2012–2013 fishing seasons. A total of 98 hauls from three important shrimp fishing grounds were used in the analyses. A total of 119 by‐catch species were captured, compared with only 15 target species. The ratio of by‐catch to shrimp ranged from 1.01 to 13.90. The dominant standard length (SL) range of fish by‐catch was 51–100 mm. The percentage of juveniles in the total catch of some fish species was high (e.g. 100% for A. aneus).Keywords
Funding Information
- Agro-Scientific Research in the Public Interest (201203018)
- Social Commonwealth Research of the National Science Research Institute (2012TS12)
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