Survival of white marlin (Tetrapturus albidus) released from commercial pelagic longline gear in the western North Atlantic

Fishery Bulletin

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 434-444

  Kerstetter, David W ^a,b   Graves, John E ^a  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA TRANSMISSION; FISHERY SURVEY; FISHING MORTALITY; PELAGIC FISHERY; SURVIVAL; TUNA FISHERY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST);

ANIMALIA; SCOMBRIDAE; SCOMBRIDAE GEN. SP.; TETRAPTURUS ALBIDUS;

EID: 33745451786     PISSN: 00900656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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