Reducing the mortality of freshwater turtles in commercial fish traps

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 7-21

  Lowry, M B ^a   Pease, B C ^a   Graham, K ^a   Walford, T R ^a  

^a NSW Fisheries   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bycatch; Eels; Exclusion rings; Traps; Turtles

Indexed keywords

BYCATCH REDUCTION DEVICE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TRAP FISHING; TURTLE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ANGUILLIFORMES; CYPRINUS CARPIO; EMYDURA MACQUARII; MARTES; TESTUDINES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 12744269274     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.639     Document Type: Article

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