Incidental catch of seabirds in Newfoundland Labrador gillnet fisheries, 2001-2003

Endangered Species Research

Volumn 5, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 149-160

  Benjamins, Steven ^a,c   Kulka, David W ^b   Lawson, Jack ^b  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^c JOINT NATURE CONSERVATION COMMITTEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Canada; Incidental catch; Murres; Newfoundland and Labrador; Seabirds; Shearwaters

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CATCH STATISTICS; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHING EFFORT; GILLNET; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION ECOLOGY; SEABIRD;

CANADA; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; NORTH AMERICA;

ALCA; ALCA TORDA; ALLE; ALLE ALLE; ANAS; AVES; CALONECTRIS; CEPPHUS GRYLLE; FRATERCULA ARCTICA; FULMARUS GLACIALIS; GADUS MORHUA; GAVIA; GAVIIDAE; LARIDAE; MORUS (PLANT); MORUS BASSANUS; PHALACROCORAX AURITUS; PROCELLARIIDAE; PUFFINUS; SOMATERIA MOLLISSIMA; SULIDAE; URIA;

EID: 55449108322     PISSN: 18635407     EISSN: 16134796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/esr00094     Document Type: Article

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