Effect of bait species and color on sea turtle bycatch and fish catch in a pelagic longline fishery

Fisheries Research

Volumn 97, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 53-58

  Yokota, Kosuke ^a   Kiyota, Masashi ^a   Okamura, Hiroshi ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FAR SEAS FISHERIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bait color; Bait species; Bycatch; Caretta caretta; Loggerhead turtle; Longline fishery

Indexed keywords

CARETTA CARETTA; CEPHALOPODA; CHELONIIDAE; CHONDRICHTHYES; ISURUS; ISURUS OXYRINCHUS; PRIONACE GLAUCA; SCOMBRIDAE; TESTUDINES; TETRAPTURUS AUDAX; THUNNUS OBESUS; XIPHIAS GLADIUS;

EID: 61849158749     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2009.01.003     Document Type: Article

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