Autoliners and seabird by-catch: Do line setters increase the sink rate of integrated weight longlines?

CCAMLR Science

Volumn 15, Issue , 2008, Pages 107-114

  Robertson, G ^a   Williamson, J ^b   McNeill, M ^c   Candy, S G ^a   Smith, N ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

^b Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry   (New Zealand)

^c Sealord Group   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Autoline vessels; CCAMLR; Cooperative research; Line setters; Longline sink rates; Seabird mortality

Indexed keywords

DISSOSTICHUS ELEGINOIDES;

EID: 57149109340     PISSN: 10234063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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