The looming crisis: Interactions between marine mammals and fisheries

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 541-548

  Read, Andrew J ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bycatch; Cetaceans; Conservation; Depredation; Fisheries; Marine mammals; Pinnipeds

Indexed keywords

BYCATCH; CETACEAN; DEVELOPING WORLD; FISHING GEAR; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MITIGATION; MORALITY; PINNIPED; PREDATION; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

AFRICA; ASIA; EURASIA;

CETACEA; MAMMALIA; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 45249124290     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/07-MAMM-S-315R1.1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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