Associations between the Alaska Steller sea lion decline and commercial fisheries

Ecological Applications

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 704-717

  Hennen, Daniel ^a,b  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ALASKA SEALIFE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Commercial fishing; Eumetopias jubatus; Population decline; Steller sea lion

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; FISHERY; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARINE MAMMAL; POPULATION DECLINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOOD INDUSTRY; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; LEGAL ASPECT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEAL; UNITED STATES;

ALASKA; ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FISHERIES; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEA LIONS;

ALASKA; BERING SEA; GULF OF ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EUMETOPIAS JUBATUS; OTARIIDAE;

EID: 33646153776     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: 10510761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2006)016[0704:ABTASS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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