Characterizing seabird bycatch in the eastern Australian tuna and billfish pelagic longline fishery in relation to temporal, spatial and biological influences

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 531-542

  Trebilco, Rowan ^a,b   Gales, Rosemary ^a   Lawrence, Emma ^c   Alderman, Rachael ^a   Robertson, Graham ^d   Baker, G Barry ^e  

^a Wildlife and Marine Conservation Section   (Australia)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Albatross; Bycatch mitigation; Eastern tuna and billfish fishery (ETBF); Fisheries bycatch; Incidental mortality; Longline fishing; Seabird; Shearwater

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BYCATCH; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; LONGLINING; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MORTALITY; SEABIRD; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AVES; CYBIOSARDA ELEGANS; DIOMEDEIDAE; PROCELLARIIDAE; PTERODROMA; PUFFINUS; SCOMBRIDAE; XIPHIIDAE;

EID: 77957242010     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: 10990755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.1115     Document Type: Article

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