Incidental capture, direct mortality and delayed mortality of sea turtles in Australia's Northern Prawn Fishery

Marine Biology

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 813-825

  Poiner, I R ^a   Harris, A N M ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BY-CATCH; BYCATCH; FISHING-RELATED MORTALITY; MORTALITY; SEA TURTLE; SHRIMP FISHERIES; TURTLES;

AUSTRALIA, (NORTH);

CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIA MYDAS; ERETMOCHELYS IMBRICATA; LEPIDOCHELYS OLIVACEA; NATATOR DEPRESSA;

EID: 0029660324     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00349264     Document Type: Article

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