The influence of environmental factors and mitigation measures on by-catch rates of seabirds by Japanese longline fishing vessels in the Australian region

Emu

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 305-316

  Klaer, Neil ^a   Polacheck, Tom ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BYCATCH; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; LONGLINING; SEABIRD;

INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

AVES;

EID: 0031742483     PISSN: 01584197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MU98042     Document Type: Article

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