Derelict fishing nets in Puget Sound and the Northwest Straits: Patterns and threats to marine fauna

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 39-50

  Good, Thomas P ^a   June, Jeffrey A ^b   Etnier, Michael A ^c   Broadhurst, Ginny ^d  

^a ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b Natural Resources Consultants Inc   (United States)

^c Applied Osteology   (United States)

^d Northwest Straits Commission   (United States)

Author keywords

Derelict fishing gear; Gillnets; Northwest Straits; Puget Sound; Recovery; Species of concern

Indexed keywords

FISHING GEARS; FISHING NETS; GILLNETS; INLAND WATERS; MARINE ANIMALS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE FAUNA; MARINE ORGANISMS; PUGET SOUND; SHALLOW WATERS; WASHINGTON;

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; FISHERIES; MAMMALS; MARINE BIOLOGY; UNDERWATER STRUCTURES; WATER ANALYSIS;

RECOVERY;

FAUNA; GILLNET; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MORTALITY; RECOVERY;

ARTICLE; BIRD; FAUNA; FISH; FISHING; INVERTEBRATE; MAMMAL; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE SPECIES; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; SEA POLLUTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ANIMALS; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FISHERIES; GEOGRAPHY; INVERTEBRATES; MARINE BIOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS; VERTEBRATES; WASHINGTON; WATER POLLUTANTS;

PUGET SOUND; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

ANIMALIA; AVES; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; PISCES;

EID: 73749087023     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2009.09.005     Document Type: Article

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