Bycatch of large elasmobranchs in the traditional tuna traps (tonnare) of Sardinia from 1990 to 2009

Fisheries Research

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 74-79

  Storai, Tiziano ^a   Zinzula, Luca ^a   Repetto, Simone ^b   Zuffa, Marco ^c   Morgan, Alexia ^b   Mandelman, John ^d  

^a Centro di Educazione Ambientale e alla Sostenibilità Laguna di Nora   (Italy)

^b Località Piana Nord ^*  (United States)

^c Museo L Donini   (Italy)

^d Edgerton Research Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Bycatch; Elasmobranch; Mediterranean; Sardinia; Tuna traps

Indexed keywords

ALOPIAS VULPINUS; CHONDRICHTHYES; ELASMOBRANCHII; MOBULA MOBULAR; MOBULINAE; SCOMBRIDAE;

EID: 79952697452     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2011.01.018     Document Type: Article

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