Seabird bycatch in pelagic longline fisheries is grossly underestimated when using only haul data

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Brothers, Nigel ^a   Duckworth, Alan R ^b   Safina, Carl ^b   Gilman, Eric L ^b,c  

^a Marine Ecology and Technology Consultant   (Australia)

^b Blue Ocean Institute   (United States)

^c HAWAII PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHING; INDIAN OCEAN; LONGLINE FISHERY; NONHUMAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PELAGIC FISH; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; SEABIRD; ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; CLASSIFICATION; FOOD INDUSTRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEA; STATISTICS;

ANTHOZOA; AVES; CATHARACTA; DIOMEDEA IMMUTABILIS; DIOMEDEA MELANOPHRIS; DIOMEDEIDAE; PROCELLARIIDAE;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; FISHERIES; OCEANS AND SEAS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 77957935115     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0012491     Document Type: Article

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