Interactions between longline vessels and seabirds in kerguelen waters and a method to reduce seabird mortality

Biological Conservation

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 63-70

  Cherel, Yves ^a   Weimerskirch, Henri ^a   Duhamel, Guy ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Albatross; Antarctica; Fishery; White chinned petrel

Indexed keywords

DIOMEDEA EXULANS;

BIRDS; BY-CATCH; INTERACTIONS; LONGLINING; MORTALITY; SEABIRD;

INDIAN OCEAN; KERGUELEN; KERGUELEN ISLANDS;

EID: 0029668855     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-3207(95)00037-2     Document Type: Article

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