Overlooked bycatch mitigation opportunities in pelagic longline fisheries: Soak time and temperature effects on swordfish (Xiphias gladius) and blue shark (Prionace glauca) catch

Fisheries Research

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 112-120

  Carruthers, Erin H ^a   Neilson, John D ^b   Smith, Sean C ^b  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bycatch mitigation; Fisheries observer data; Instrumented longline sets; Soak time

Indexed keywords

CHONDRICHTHYES; PRIONACE GLAUCA; XIPHIAS GLADIUS;

EID: 79251598633     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2010.12.008     Document Type: Article

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