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Effect of Different Filament Diameters on the Selective Action of Monofilament Gill Nets
Author(s) -
Hansen Randall G.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
transactions of the american fisheries society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.696
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1548-8659
pISSN - 0002-8487
DOI - 10.1577/1548-8659(1974)103<386:eodfdo>2.0.co;2
Subject(s) - protein filament , fish <actinopterygii> , perch , anatomy , fishery , materials science , biology , composite material
Two filament diameters with the same mesh size of 38.1‐mm stretch mesh monofilament gill nets were compared for catches of peamouth and yellow perch. In both cases, the smaller filament diameter captured larger fish.