Are circle hooks effective in reducing incidental captures of loggerhead sea turtles in a Mediterranean longline fishery?

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 779-785

  Piovano, Susanna ^a   Swimmer, Yonat ^b   Giacoma, Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b PACIFIC ISLANDS FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bycatch mitigation; Caretta caretta; Circle hook; Loggerhead sea turtle; Mediterranean Sea; Pelagic longline

Indexed keywords

BYCATCH; CAUSE OF DEATH; FISHING VESSEL; LONGLINING; MORTALITY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TURTLE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; STRAIT OF SICILY;

CARETTA; CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIIDAE; TESTUDINES; XIPHIAS GLADIUS;

EID: 70350627366     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: 10990755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.1021     Document Type: Article

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