Effects of gill-net fishing on marine birds in a biological hotspot in the northwest Atlantic

Conservation Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1032-1045

  Davoren, Gail K ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biological hotspot; Bycatch; Capelin; Common Murre; Gill net; Northwest Atlantic; Protected area

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BREEDING POPULATION; BYCATCH; ENERGY FLOW; FISHERY REGULATION; FISHING EFFORT; GADOID FISHERY; GILLNET; MORTALITY; PROTECTED AREA; SEABIRD; SPAWNING GROUND; TELEOST; WHALE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIOMASS; BIRD; CANADA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOOD INDUSTRY; SEAL; WHALE;

ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIOMASS; BIRDS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FISHERIES; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; PINNIPEDIA; WHALES;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST); CANADA; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; NORTH AMERICA;

AVES; CETACEA; GADUS MORHUA; LARIDAE; MALLOTUS (FISH); MALLOTUS VILLOSUS; MAMMALIA; URIA AALGE;

EID: 34447500209     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2007.00694.x     Document Type: Article

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