Open-boat whaling on the straits of Gibraltar ground and adjacent waters

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 322-342

  Aguilar, Alex ^a   Borrell, Assumpció ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Exploitation; Mediterranean Sea; Open boat whaling; Physeter macrocephalus; Sperm whale; Straits of Gibraltar; Whale fishery; Whaling; Whaling history

Indexed keywords

CATCH COMPOSITION; DOLPHIN; EXPLOITATION; FISHING VESSEL; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASONALITY; TURTLE; WHALE; WHALING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); MEDITERRANEAN SEA; STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR;

BALAENOPTERA MUSCULUS; CETACEA; CHELONIIDAE; DELPHINIDAE; PHYSETER CATODON; PHYSETERIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 33947665626     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2007.00111.x     Document Type: Article

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