TurtleWatch: A tool to aid in the bycatch reduction of loggerhead turtles Caretta caretta in the Hawaii-based pelagic longline fishery

Endangered Species Research

Volumn 5, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 267-278

  Howell, Evan A ^a   Kobayashi, Donald R ^a,b   Parker, Denise M ^a,c   Balazs, George H ^a   Polovina, Jeffrey J ^a  

^a NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Bycatch; Loggerhead turtles; Longline fishery; Remote sensing; Sea surface temperature; Swordfish; Transition zone

Indexed keywords

BYCATCH; ISOTHERM; LONGLINING; PELAGIC FISHERY; REMOTE SENSING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TRANSITION ZONE; TURTLE; DECISION MAKING; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

CARETTA; CARETTA CARETTA; TESTUDINES; XIPHIAS GLADIUS;

EID: 55449090860     PISSN: 18635407     EISSN: 16134796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/esr00096     Document Type: Article

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