Sources of bycatch of loggerhead sea turtles in the western Mediterranean other than drifting longlines

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 677-685

  Álvarez De Quevedo, Irene ^a   Cardona, Luis ^a   De Haro, Andrea ^b   Pubill, Eva ^b   Aguilar, Alex ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b IUSC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bottom trawling; Drifting longlines; Incidental bycatch; Marine turtles; Mediterranean Sea

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM TRAWLING; BREEDING SITE; BYCATCH; FISHERY REGULATION; FISHING MORTALITY; FISHING VESSEL; LONGLINING; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; TURTLE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (WEST);

CARETTA; CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 77951483237     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsp278     Document Type: Article

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