Bycatch of marine mammals in U.S. and global fisheries

Conservation Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 163-169

  Read, Andrew J ^a   Drinker, Phebe ^a   Northridge, Simon ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cetacean; Fisheries; Pinniped

Indexed keywords

BYCATCH; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; MARINE MAMMAL; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CETACEA; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD INDUSTRY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INVERTEBRATE; SEA; SEAL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CETACEA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FISHERIES; FOOD CHAIN; INVERTEBRATES; OCEANS AND SEAS; PINNIPEDIA; UNITED STATES;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CETACEA; MAMMALIA; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 33645086138     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2006.00338.x     Document Type: Article

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