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Improving Catch Utilization in the U.S. West Coast Groundfish Bottom Trawl Fishery: an Evaluation of T90-Mesh and Diamond-Mesh Cod Ends

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Pages 149-160 | Received 14 Sep 2016, Accepted 15 Dec 2016, Published online: 31 Mar 2017

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