Ecological and economic components of alternative fishing methods to reduce by-catch of marlin in a tropical pelagic ecosystem

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 607-619

  Kitchell, James F ^a   Kaplan, Isaac C ^a   Cox, Sean P ^b   Martell, Steven J D ^a   Essington, Timothy E ^c   Boggs, Christofer H ^d   Walters, Carl J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BYCATCH; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FISHERY ECONOMICS; FISHERY REGULATION; LONGLINING; PERCIFORM; SPORT FISHING;

MAKAIRA NIGRICANS; PERCIFORMES; SCOMBRIDAE GEN. SP.; TETRAPTURUS ALBIDUS; TETRAPTURUS AUDAX; THUNNUS; THUNNUS ALBACARES; XIPHIIDAE;

EID: 4143092649     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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