Principles and approaches to abate seabird by-catch in longline fisheries

Fish and Fisheries

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 35-49

  Gilman, Eric ^a,b   Brothers, Nigel ^b   Kobayashi, Donald R ^c  

^a OCEANIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center ^*  (United States)

^c PACIFIC ISLANDS FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Albatross; By catch; Longline fisheries; Seabird

Indexed keywords

BYCATCH;

MARTES;

EID: 18844440970     PISSN: 14672960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-2679.2005.00175.x     Document Type: Review

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