Opportunistic sightings of killer whales from Scottish pelagic trawlers fishing for mackerel and herring off North Scotland (UK) between 2000 and 2006

Aquatic Living Resources

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 403-410

  Luque, Patricia L ^a   Davis, Craig G ^b   Reid, David G ^b   Wang, Jianjun ^a   Pierce, Graham J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clupea harengus; Orcinus orca; Pelagic trawler fishery; Scomber scombrus; Shetland and Orkney Islands

Indexed keywords

CATCH COMPOSITION; CLUPEOID FISHERY; FISHING VESSEL; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PELAGIC FISHERY; PERCIFORM; TRAWLING; WHALE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; ORKNEY; SCANDINAVIA; SCOTLAND; SHETLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

CETACEA; CLUPEA HARENGUS; CLUPEIDAE; ORCINUS ORCA; SCOMBER SCOMBRUS;

EID: 33847160409     PISSN: 09907440     EISSN: 17652952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/alr:2007009     Document Type: Article

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