The influence of environmental variables and mitigation measures on seabird catch rates in the Japanese tuna longline fishery within the Australian Fishing Zone, 1991-1995

Biological Conservation

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 85-101

  Brothers, N ^a   Gales, R ^a   Reid, T ^a  

^a Parks and Wildlife Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

Longline fishing; Mitigation assessment; Mortality reduction; Seabirds; Tuna fishery; Tuna longline fishing

Indexed keywords

BYCATCH; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; LONGLINING; MITIGATION; SEABIRD; TUNA FISHERY;

AUSTRALIA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

AVES; SCOMBRIDAE GEN. SP.;

EID: 0033005872     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(98)00085-8     Document Type: Article

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