On the relative catch efficiency of different shaped otter boards in bottom trawling

Three different types of otter boards varying in shape were tried to find out their relative catch efficiency. They were operated with two types of nets. The results indicated that the curved otter boards gave more catch per unit effort with all the combinations of nets and riggings tried.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Narayanappa, G.
Format: article biblioteca
Language:English
Published: 1968
Subjects:Fisheries, catch efficiency, fishing nets, otter boards, bottom trawling, fishing equipment,
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1834/32121
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