Conservation in a complex management environment: The by-catch of sea turtles in North Carolina's commercial fisheries

Marine Policy

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 241-248

  McClellan, Catherine M ^a,b   Read, Andrew J ^b   Cluse, Wendy M ^c   Godfrey, Matthew H ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^c North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission   (United States)

Author keywords

By catch; Endangered Species Act; Fisheries management; North Carolina; Sea turtle conservation

Indexed keywords

BYCATCH; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; SPECIES CONSERVATION; STAKEHOLDER; TURTLE;

NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

CHELONIIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 78349313681     PISSN: 0308597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2010.10.008     Document Type: Article

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