Estimating the odds of survival and identifying mitigation opportunities for common bycatch in pelagic longline fisheries

Biological Conservation

Volumn 142, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2620-2630

  Carruthers, Erin H ^a   Schneider, David C ^b   Neilson, John D ^c  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^c FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bycatch mitigation; Circle hooks; Hooking survival; Odds ratios; Swordfish; Tuna fisheries

Indexed keywords

BYCATCH; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FISHING EFFORT; MORTALITY; PELAGIC FISH; PERCIFORM; SHARK; SURVIVAL; TUNA FISHERY; TURTLE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

ALEPISAURUS FEROX; CARETTA CARETTA; CHONDRICHTHYES; LAMNA NASUS; LAMNIDAE; PRIONACE GLAUCA; PTEROPLATYTRYGON VIOLACEA; SCOMBRIDAE; TESTUDINES; THUNNUS; THUNNUS ALBACARES; XIPHIAS GLADIUS;

EID: 69249222533     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2009.06.010     Document Type: Article

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