Asymmetric conservation benefits of circle hooks in multispecies billfish recreational fisheries: A synthesis of hook performance and analysis of blue marlin (Makaira nigricans) postrelease survival

Fishery Bulletin

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 433-441

  Graves, John E ^a   Horodysky, Andrij Z ^b  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^b Department of Marine and Environmental Science   (Virgin Islands (U.S.))

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISTIOPHORINAE; ISTIOPHORUS; ISTIOPHORUS PLATYPTERUS; MAKAIRA NIGRICANS; TETRAPTURUS ALBIDUS; XIPHIIDAE;

EID: 78049465015     PISSN: 00900656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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