Effects of lunar cycle and fishing operations on longline-caught pelagic fish: Fishing performance, capture time, and survival of fish

Fishery Bulletin

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 268-281

  Poisson, François ^a   Gaertner, Jean Claude ^b   Taquet, Marc ^c   Durbec, Jean Pierre ^b   Bigelow, Keith ^d  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b STATION MARINE D ENDOUME   (France)

^c Centre Ifremer du Pacifique   (French Polynesia)

^d Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARCHARHINUS LONGIMANUS; CHONDRICHTHYES; PRIONACE GLAUCA; SCOMBRIDAE; THUNNUS ALALUNGA; THUNNUS OBESUS; XIPHIAS GLADIUS;

EID: 77955326103     PISSN: 00900656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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