Effect of line shooter and mainline tension on the sink rates of pelagic longlines and implications for seabird interactions

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 419-427

  Robertson, Graham ^a   Candy, Steven G ^a   Wienecke, Barbara ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Co operative research; Line shooter; Mainline tension; Pelagic longline fisheries; Seabird interactions

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BAIT; DISTURBANCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FISHING GEAR; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PELAGIC FISHERY; SEABIRD; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TURBULENCE;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 77957239069     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: 10990755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.1100     Document Type: Article

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