Circle hook effectiveness for the mitigation of sea turtle bycatch and capture of target species in a Brazilian pelagic longline fishery

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 428-436

  Sales, Gilberto ^a   Giffoni, Bruno B ^b   Fiedler, Fernando N ^a   Azevedo, Venâ Ncio G ^c   Kotas, Jorge E ^d   Swimmere, Yonat ^e   Bugoni, Leandro ^a,f  

^a Centro TAMAR ICMBio and Fundação Pró TAMAR   (Brazil)

^b Projeto Tamar Fundação Pró Tamar   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO DE PESCA   (Brazil)

^d Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade   (Brazil)

^e PACIFIC ISLANDS FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^f FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Circle hook; Incidental capture; Leatherback sea turtle; Loggerhead sea turtle; Mitigation measures

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BYCATCH; DOLPHIN; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FISH AGGREGATING DEVICE; LONGLINING; MITIGATION; MORTALITY; NONTARGET ORGANISM; PELAGIC FISHERY; PERCIFORM; SHARK; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TURTLE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTHWEST); BRAZIL;

CARCHARHINIDAE; CARETTA; CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIIDAE; CHONDRICHTHYES; CORYPHAENA HIPPURUS; CORYPHAENIDAE; DERMOCHELYIDAE; DERMOCHELYS CORIACEA; ISURUS; ISURUS OXYRINCHUS; PRIONACE GLAUCA; SCOMBRIDAE; SPHYRNA LEWINI; SPHYRNIDAE; TESTUDINES; THUNNUS ALALUNGA; THUNNUS ALBACARES; THUNNUS OBESUS; XIPHIAS GLADIUS;

EID: 77957225115     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: 10990755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.1106     Document Type: Article

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