Relationship between sea turtle stranding rates and shrimp fishing intensities in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico: 1986-1989 versus 1990-1993

Fishery Bulletin

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 237-249

  Caillouet Jr , Charles W ^a   Shaver, Donna J ^b   Teas, Wendy G ^c   Nance, James M ^a   Revera, Dickie B ^a   Cannon, Andrea C ^a  

^a NOAA Fisheries Service Galveston Laboratory   (United States)

^b National Biological Service   (United States)

^c SOUTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BYCATCH; NATURE CONSERVATION; SHRIMP FISHING INTENSITIES; STRANDING; TURTLE EXCLUDER DEVICES;

GULF OF MEXICO;

CHELONIIDAE; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); TESTUDINES;

EID: 0029667281     PISSN: 00900656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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