Reducing longline bycatch: The larger the hook, the fewer the stingrays

Biological Conservation

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 261-264

  Piovano, Susanna ^a   Clò, Simona ^b   Giacoma, Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b CTS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bycatch mitigation; Circle hook; Mediterranean Sea; Pelagic longline; Pelagic stingray; Pteroplatytrygon violacea

Indexed keywords

ARTISANAL FISHERY; BYCATCH; COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; FISHING GEAR; LONGLINING; PELAGIC FISH; VESSEL;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

DASYATIDAE; PTEROPLATYTRYGON VIOLACEA; XIPHIAS GLADIUS;

EID: 71649111632     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2009.10.001     Document Type: Article

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