Effects of recreational and commercial fishing on blue sharks (Prionace glauca) in Atlantic Canada, with inferences on the North Atlantic population

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 670-682

  Campana, Steven E ^a   Marks, Linda ^a   Joyce, Warren ^a   Kohler, Nancy E ^b  

^a BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; FISHING; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MORTALITY; RECREATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; SHARK;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

CHONDRICHTHYES; PRIONACE GLAUCA;

EID: 33646854767     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f05-251     Document Type: Article

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