Factors affecting the catch rates and relative abundance of sea snakes in the by-catch of trawlers targeting tiger and endeavour prawns on the northern Australian Continental Shelf

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 155-164

  Ward, T M ^a,b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BYCATCH; CATCH STATISTICS; PRAWN FISHERY; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SNAKE;

AUSTRALIA;

AIPYSURUS EYDOUXII; DISTEIRA MAJOR; HYDROPHIS ELEGANS; HYDROPHIS ORNATUS; LAPEMIS HARDWICKII;

EID: 0034035315     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF98134     Document Type: Article

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