Seabird bycatch mitigation and blue-dyed bait: A spectral and experimental assessment

Biological Conservation

Volumn 141, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1354-1364

  Cocking, Lisa J ^a,d   Double, Michael C ^a,e   Milburn, Peter J ^b   Brando, Vittorio E ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Australian National University   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d Australian Fisheries Management Authority   (Australia)

^e AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Albatrosses; Longline fishing; Pelagic crypsis; Petrels; Shearwaters

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BAIT; BYCATCH; DYE; LONGLINING; MITIGATION; PELAGIC FISHERY; SEABIRD; VISUAL CUE;

CEPHALOPODA; DIOMEDEIDAE; PROCELLARIIDAE; PUFFINUS PACIFICUS;

EID: 44149124468     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2008.03.003     Document Type: Article

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