Elevations of lobster fishery groundlines in relation to their potential to entangle endangered North Atlantic right whales in the Bay of Fundy, Canada

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 355-364

  Brillant, Sean W ^a   Trippel, Edward A ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ST ANDREWS BIOLOGICAL STATION   (Canada)

Author keywords

Depth profile; Entanglement; Eubalaena glacialis; Groundline; Lobster fishery; Right whale

Indexed keywords

DEPTH DETERMINATION; FISHING GEAR; LOBSTER; LOBSTER FISHERY; SEAFLOOR; TIDAL CURRENT; TRAWLING; WHALE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF FUNDY;

BALAENIDAE; CETACEA; EUBALAENA GLACIALIS; HOMARUS AMERICANUS;

EID: 76649107658     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsp231     Document Type: Article

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