Characteristics of shark bycatch observed on pelagic longlines off the Southeastern United States, 1992-2000

Marine Fisheries Review

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 40-49

  Beerkircher, Lawrence R ^a   Cortés, Enric ^b   Shivji, Mahmood ^a  

^a NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BYCATCH; CATCH COMPOSITION; CATCH PER UNIT EFFORT; CATCH STATISTICS; DIEL VARIATION; LONGLINING; PELAGIC FISHERY; SHARK;

ATLANTIC COAST [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; CARCHARHINUS; CARCHARHINUS FALCIFORMIS; CARCHARHINUS LONGIMANUS; CARCHARHINUS OBSCURUS; CARCHARHINUS PLUMBEUS; CARCHARHINUS SIGNATUS; CHONDRICHTHYES; DASYATIDAE; ELASMOBRANCHII; GALEOCERDO CUVIER; ISURUS; ISURUS OXYRINCHUS; MOBULINAE; PANTHERA TIGRIS; PRIONACE GLAUCA; SPHYRNA; SPHYRNA LEWINI; SPHYRNIDAE; TIRUMALA HAMATA;

EID: 2942639780     PISSN: 00901830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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