Experimental fishing with an "umbrella-and-stones" system to reduce interactions of sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) and seabirds with bottom-set longlines for Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides) in the Southwest Atlantic

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 228-238

  Goetz, Sabine ^a   Laporta, Martín ^a   Portela, Julio Martínez ^a   Santos, M Begoña ^a   Pierce, Graham J ^a,b  

^a Instituto Español de Oceanografía   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Depredation; Longline; Patagonian toothfish; Sperm whale; Umbrella system

Indexed keywords

BYCATCH; CATCH STATISTICS; DATA ACQUISITION; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FISHING GEAR; FISHING VESSEL; LONGLINING; PERCIFORM; PREDATION; SEABIRD; WHALE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTHWEST);

DISSOSTICHUS ELEGINOIDES; PHYSETER CATODON; PHYSETERIDAE;

EID: 79951987685     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsq161     Document Type: Article

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