Shark catch in a pelagic longline fishery: Comparison of circle and tuna hooks

Fisheries Research

Volumn 81, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 337-341

  Yokota, Kosuke ^a   Kiyota, Masashi ^a   Minami, Hiroshi ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FAR SEAS FISHERIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blue shark; Catch rate; Circle hook; Longline fishery; Mitigation measure; Prionace glauca

Indexed keywords

CATCH STATISTICS; FISHING; FISHING GEAR; FISHING VESSEL; MORTALITY; PELAGIC FISHERY; SHARK; SHARK FISHERY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST);

CHONDRICHTHYES; PRIONACE GLAUCA; SCOMBRIDAE GEN. SP.;

EID: 33748893463     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2006.08.006     Document Type: Article

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