Injury, condition, and mortality of Pacific halibut bycatch following careful release by Pacific cod and sablefish longline fisheries

Fisheries Research

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 131-144

  Kaimmer, Stephen M ^a   Trumble, Robert J ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL PACIFIC HALIBUT COMMISSION   (United States)

Author keywords

Bycatch; Careful release; Condition code; Growth; Hook injury; Mortality; Pacific halibut; Survival

Indexed keywords

BYCATCH; FISHERY DISCARD; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; LONGLINING; MORTALITY;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0031751257     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-7836(98)00153-2     Document Type: Article

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