Do rare-earth metals deter spiny dogfish? A feasibility study on the use of electropositive "mischmetal" to reduce the bycatch of Squalus acanthias by hook gear in the Gulf of Maine

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 315-322

  Tallack, Shelly M L ^a   Mandelman, John W ^b  

^a GULF OF MAINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Edgerton Research Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Aversion; Bycatch reduction; Electropositive alloy; Hook gear; Mischmetal; Spiny dogfish; Squalus acanthias

Indexed keywords

ALLOY; BYCATCH; CATCH COMPOSITION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GEAR SELECTIVITY; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SHARK;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MAINE;

SQUALIDAE; SQUALUS; SQUALUS ACANTHIAS;

EID: 59849127547     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsn215     Document Type: Article

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