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Fishing and catch characteristics of an eastern Canadian Irish moss (Chondrus crispus Stackh.) dragraker

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  1. Biological Sciences Branch, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Invertebrates and Marine Plants Division, P.O. Box 550, B3J 2S7, Halifax, NS, Canada

    J. D. Pringle & R. E. Semple

  2. Fisheries Research Branch, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, P.O. Box 5030, E1C 9B6, Moncton, NB, Canada

    D. J. Jones

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Pringle, J.D., Jones, D.J. & Semple, R.E. Fishing and catch characteristics of an eastern Canadian Irish moss (Chondrus crispus Stackh.) dragraker. Hydrobiologia 151, 341–347 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00046150

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