Reducing seabird bycatch in longline, trawl and gillnet fisheries

Fish and Fisheries

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 31-56

  Bull, Leigh S ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bycatch; Gillnet fisheries; Longline fisheries; Mitigation; Seabirds; Trawl fisheries

Indexed keywords

BYCATCH; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; GILLNET; LONGLINING; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MITIGATION; SEABIRD; TRAWLING;

AVES; PROCELLARIIDAE;

EID: 33847041843     PISSN: 14672960     EISSN: 14672979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-2979.2007.00234.x     Document Type: Review

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