A comparison of methods to spatially represent pelagic longline fishing effort in catch and bycatch studies

Fisheries Research

Volumn 92, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 268-276

  Dunn, Daniel C ^a,b   Kot, Connie Y ^a,b   Halpin, Patrick N ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bycatch; Fishing effort; Hawaii; Minimum convex hull; Oceanography; Pelagic longline fisheries

Indexed keywords

AVES; CHELONIIDAE; DERMOCHELYIDAE; DERMOCHELYS CORIACEA; MAMMALIA; TESTUDINES; XIPHIAS GLADIUS;

EID: 46549084619     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2008.01.006     Document Type: Article

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