Can circle hook use benefit billfishes?

Fish and Fisheries

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 132-142

  Serafy, Joseph E ^a,b,d   Kerstetter, David W ^c   Rice, Patrick H ^b  

^a NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^d SEFSC   (United States)

Author keywords

Billfish; Circle hooks; Hook performance; Marlin; Review; Sailfish

Indexed keywords

CATCH STATISTICS; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FISHING; FISHING MORTALITY; PERCIFORM; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SURVIVAL;

ISTIOPHORINAE; ISTIOPHORUS; XIPHIIDAE;

EID: 66149160643     PISSN: 14672960     EISSN: 14672979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-2979.2008.00298.x     Document Type: Article

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