Bait loss caused by seabirds on longline fisheries in the northwestern mediterranean: Is night setting an effective mitigation measure?

Fisheries Research

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 99-106

  Sanchez A ^a   Belda, E J ^b,c  

^a SEO/BirdLife   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bait loss; Cory's shearwater; Mitigation measures; Night setting

Indexed keywords

BYCATCH; FISHERY ECONOMICS; LONGLINING; MITIGATION; SEABIRD;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

AVES; CALONECTRIS DIOMEDEA; DIOMEDEA;

EID: 0037472844     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-7836(02)00055-3     Document Type: Article

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