Recent incidental catch of sharks in gillnet fisheries of newfoundland and labrador, Canada

Endangered Species Research

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 133-146

  Benjamins, Steven ^a   Kulka, David W ^b,c   Lawson, Jack ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bycatch; Canada; Dogfish; Gillnets; Incidental catch; Mortality; Northwest Atlantic; Sharks

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BYCATCH; CATCH PER UNIT EFFORT; CATCH STATISTICS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FISHING MORTALITY; GILLNET; SAMPLING; SHARK FISHERY; STOCK ASSESSMENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST); CANADA; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR;

CENTROSCYLLIUM FABRICII; CETORHININAE; CETORHINUS MAXIMUS; CHONDRICHTHYES; ISURUS; ISURUS OXYRINCHUS; LAMNA NASUS; LAMNIDAE; PRIONACE GLAUCA; REINHARDTIUS HIPPOGLOSSOIDES; SOMNIOSUS MICROCEPHALUS; SQUALIDAE; SQUALUS; SQUALUS ACANTHIAS;

EID: 77952309546     PISSN: 18635407     EISSN: 16134796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/esr00268     Document Type: Article

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