Mitigating sea turtle by-catch in coastal passive net fisheries

Fish and Fisheries

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 57-88

  Gilman, Eric ^a,o   Gearhart, Jeff ^b   Price, Blake ^c   Eckert, Scott ^d   Milliken, Henry ^e   Wang, John ^f   Swimmer, Yonat ^g   Shiode, Daisuke ^h   Abe, Osamu ⁱ   Hoyt Peckham, S ^j   Chaloupka, Milani ^k   Hall, Martin ^l   Mangel, Jeff ^m   Alfaro Shigueto, Joanna ^m   Dalzell, Paul ⁿ   Ishizaki, Asuka ⁿ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^c North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^e NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^g SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^h TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

ⁱ Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center   (Malaysia)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^l INTER AMERICAN TROPICAL TUNA COMMISSION   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council   (United States)

^o Global Biodiversity Information Facility   (Denmark)

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Author keywords

By catch; Gillnet; Passive net fisheries; Pound net; Sea turtle; Small scale fisheries

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BYCATCH; CATCH COMPOSITION; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; FISHING GEAR; GILLNET; MITIGATION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SEAWATER; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; TRAP (EQUIPMENT); TURTLE;

CHELONIIDAE; CHONDRICHTHYES; TESTUDINES;

EID: 77149133397     PISSN: 14672960     EISSN: 14672979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-2979.2009.00342.x     Document Type: Review

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