Atlantic sturgeon marine bycatch and mortality on the continental shelf of the northeast United States

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 171-183

  Stein, Andrew B ^a   Friedland, Kevin D ^a   Sutherland, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BYCATCH; CONTINENTAL SHELF; FISHING MORTALITY; GEAR SELECTIVITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST);

ACIPENSER; ACIPENSER OXYRINCHUS; CARNIVORA; OXYRHYNCHUS;

EID: 1542578236     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/M02-123     Document Type: Article

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