Characteristics of sea turtles incidentally captured in the U.S. Atlantic sea scallop dredge fishery

Fisheries Research

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 289-295

  Haas, Heather L ^a   LaCasella, Erin ^b   LeRoux, Robin ^b   Milliken, Henry ^a   Hayward, Brett ^c  

^a NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c Integrated Statistics   (United States)

Author keywords

Gear; Genetics; Injury; Scallop dredge; Sea turtle; Size

Indexed keywords

CHELONIIDAE; PLACOPECTEN MAGELLANICUS; TESTUDINES;

EID: 49949089865     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2008.05.008     Document Type: Article

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