Comparing effectiveness of experimental and implemented bycatch reduction measures: The ideal and the real

Conservation Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1155-1164

  Cox, T M ^a   Lewison, R L ^b   Zydelis R ^a   Crowder, L B ^a   Safina, C ^c   Read, A J ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Blue Ocean Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Bycatch; Fisheries; Marine mammals; Mitigation; Sea turtles; Seabirds

Indexed keywords

BYCATCH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FISHERY; FISHING GEAR; MARINE MAMMAL; MEASUREMENT METHOD; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SEABIRD; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TURTLE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIRD; FISH; FOOD INDUSTRY; MAMMAL; STANDARD; TURTLE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIRDS; FISHERIES; FISHES; MAMMALS; TURTLES; UNITED STATES;

CHELONIIDAE; MAMMALIA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 34648836945     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2007.00772.x     Document Type: Article

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