Megafauna bycatch in drift nets for albacore tuna (Thunnus alalunga) in the NE Atlantic

Fisheries Research

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 6-14

  Rogan, E ^a   Mackey, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Albacore tuna; Blue shark; Bycatch; Common dolphin; Discarding; Drift nets; Striped dolphin; Thunnus alalunga

Indexed keywords

CETACEA; CHONDRICHTHYES; DELPHINUS DELPHIS; DERMOCHELYIDAE; DERMOCHELYS CORIACEA; FRATERCULA ARCTICA; FULMARUS GLACIALIS; MAMMALIA; MORUS (PLANT); MORUS BASSANUS; PRIONACE GLAUCA; PUFFINUS PUFFINUS; SCOMBRIDAE; STENELLA (CETACEA); STENELLA COERULEOALBA; TESTUDINES; THUNNUS ALALUNGA;

EID: 34250817994     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2007.02.013     Document Type: Article

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