Effects of eliminating shallow hooks from tuna longline sets on target and non-target species in the Hawaii-based pelagic tuna fishery

Fisheries Research

Volumn 96, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 281-288

  Beverly, Steve ^a   Curran, Daniel ^b   Musyl, Michael ^c   Molony, Brett ^a  

^a SECRETARIAT OF THE PACIFIC COMMUNITY   (New Caledonia)

^b PACIFIC ISLANDS FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Bigeye tuna; Bycatch; Incidental catch; Lead weights; Longline; Mitigation; Non target species; Sea turtles; Target species

Indexed keywords

ACANTHOCYBIUM SOLANDRI; CHELONIIDAE; CORYPHAENA HIPPURUS; CORYPHAENIDAE; ELASMOBRANCHII; MAKAIRA NIGRICANS; MAMMALIA; PISCES; SCOMBRIDAE; TARACTICHTHYS STEINDACHNERI; TESTUDINES; TETRAPTURUS ANGUSTIROSTRIS; TETRAPTURUS AUDAX; THUNNUS OBESUS; XIPHIIDAE;

EID: 59249087277     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2008.12.010     Document Type: Article

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