Sea turtle bycatch in the Chilean pelagic longline fishery in the southeastern Pacific: Opportunities for conservation

Biological Conservation

Volumn 143, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2672-2684

  Donoso, Miguel ^a   Dutton, P H ^b  

^a Pacifico Laúd ^*  (Chile)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bycatch; Fisheries; Incidental take; Longlines; Marine conservation; Sea turtles

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; BYCATCH; CATCH STATISTICS; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FISHING EFFORT; LONGLINING; MORTALITY; PELAGIC FISHERY; PERCIFORM; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TURTLE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTHEAST);

CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIIDAE; DERMOCHELYS CORIACEA; TESTUDINES; XIPHIAS GLADIUS;

EID: 77956878282     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2010.07.011     Document Type: Article

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