Incidental catch of the loggerhead turtle Caretta caretta off the Balearic Islands (western Mediterranean)

Biological Conservation

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 321-329

  Carreras, Carlos ^a   Cardona, Luis ^a   Aguilar, Alex ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Artisanal fisheries; By catch; Marine turtles; Trammel net

Indexed keywords

ARTISANAL FISHERY; BYCATCH; CATCH PER UNIT EFFORT; CONSERVATION; FISHING GEAR; TURTLE;

BALEARIC ISLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (WEST); SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIIDAE; LOBSTER; TESTUDINES;

EID: 1642263451     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2003.12.010     Document Type: Article

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