Effect of longline configuration on seabird mortality in the Argentine semi-pelagic Kingclip Genypterus blacodes fishery

Fisheries Research

Volumn 85, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 101-105

  Seco Pon, J P ^a   Gandini, P A ^a,b   Favero, M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PATAGONIA AUSTRAL   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Bycatch; Ecological impact; Seabirds; Semi pelagic longline; South western Atlantic

Indexed keywords

AVES; DIOMEDEA MELANOPHRIS; GENYPTERUS BLACODES; PROCELLARIA AEQUINOCTIALIS; PROCELLARIIDAE;

EID: 34147185060     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2007.01.002     Document Type: Article

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