Marine debris and fishing gear associated with seabirds at sub-Antarctic Marion Island, 1996/97 and 1997/98: In Relation to longline fishing activity

CCAMLR Science

Volumn 6, Issue , 1999, Pages 85-96

  Nel, D C ^a   Nel, J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

CCAMLR; Dissostichus eleginoides; Incidental mortality; Longline fishing; Marine debris; Marion Island; Seabirds; Toothfish

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002789690     PISSN: 10234063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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