Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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9481747 | Fisheries Research | 2005 | 9 Pages |
Abstract
This paper reports on a series of flume tank experiments to measure the drag of a number of cod-ends over a range of towing speeds and catch sizes. It is shown that cod-end drag can be described as a function of the towing speed and the maximum frontal area of the cod-end. This suggests that the pressure drag of the catch is the predominant component of the cod-end drag. We also show that cod-end drag increases as solidity and the lateral cod-end motion increases.
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Authors
F.G. O'Neill, L.H. Knudsen, D.A. Wileman, S.J. McKay,