Developing Visual deterrents to reduce sea turtle bycatch in gill net fisheries

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 408, Issue , 2010, Pages 241-250

  Wang, John H ^a   Fisler, Shara ^b   Swimmer, Yonat ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b Ocean Discovery Institute   (United States)

^c SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bycatch; Gill net; Longlines; Sea turtles

Indexed keywords

BYCATCH; CATCH STATISTICS; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GILLNET; LONGLINING; TURTLE; VISUAL CUE;

CHELONIA (GENUS); CHELONIA MYDAS; CHELONIIDAE; CHONDRICHTHYES; TESTUDINES;

EID: 77954090243     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08577     Document Type: Article

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