Fast sinking (integrated weight) longlines reduce mortality of white-chinned petrels (Procellaria aequinoctialis) and sooty shearwaters (Puffinus griseus) in demersal longline fisheries

Biological Conservation

Volumn 132, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 458-471

  Robertson, Graham ^a   McNeill, Malcolm ^b   Smith, Neville ^c   Wienecke, Barbara ^a   Candy, Steven ^a   Olivier, Frederique ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

^b Sealord Group   (New Zealand)

^c Ministry for Primary Industries   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Co operative research; Fish by catch; Integrated weight longlines; Longline fishing; Longline sink rates; Seabird mortality reduction

Indexed keywords

FISHERY; HABITAT CONSERVATION; LONGLINING; MORTALITY; SEABIRD;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

AVES; DIOMEDEIDAE; GENYPTERUS BLACODES; PROCELLARIA AEQUINOCTIALIS; PROCELLARIIDAE; PUFFINUS GRISEUS; THALASSARCHE SALVINI;

EID: 33748317958     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2006.05.003     Document Type: Article

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