Seabird catch rates: An assessment of causes and solutions in Australia's domestic tuna longline fishery

Marine Ornithology

Volumn 25, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 37-42

  Brothers, Nigel P ^a   Foster, Andrew B ^a  

^a Parks and Wildlife Service   (Australia)

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EID: 0006162067     PISSN: 10183337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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