Mitigation of incidental mortality of Australian sea lions in the west coast rock lobster fishery

Endangered Species Research

Volumn 5, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 345-358

  Campbell, Richard ^a   Holley, David ^a   Christianopoulos, Dimitrios ^a   Caputi, Nick ^a   Gales, Nicholas ^b  

^a Western Australian Fisheries and Marine Research Laboratories   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australian sea lion; Commercial fishing; Mitigation of bycatch; Neophoca cinerea; Sea lion exclusion; Western rock lobster fishery

Indexed keywords

COMPLIANCE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; LOBSTER FISHERY; MORTALITY; PINNIPED; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION SIZE; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ANIMALIA; JASUS LALANDII; NEOPHOCA CINEREA; OTARIIDAE; PANULIRUS CYGNUS;

EID: 77952704842     PISSN: 18635407     EISSN: 16134796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/esr00155     Document Type: Article

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