Postrelease survival of sailfish caught by commercial pelagic longline gear in the southern Gulf of Mexico

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1578-1586

  Kerstetter, D W ^a   Graves, J E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISHING GEAR; FISHING MORTALITY; LONGLINING; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; PERCIFORM; SURVIVAL; TAGGING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

ISTIOPHORINAE; ISTIOPHORUS; ISTIOPHORUS PLATYPTERUS; MAKAIRA NIGRICANS; SCOMBRIDAE; TETRAPTURUS ALBIDUS; THUNNUS; XIPHIAS GLADIUS; XIPHIIDAE;

EID: 56549087592     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: 15488675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/M07-202.1     Document Type: Article

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