Review of bycatch mitigation measures in tuna longline fishery

Nippon Suisan Gakkaishi (Japanese Edition)

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 348-361

  Kiyota, Masashi ^a   Yokota, Kosuke ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FAR SEAS FISHERIES   (Japan)

^b Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; SCOMBRIDAE;

EID: 79957632614     PISSN: 00215392     EISSN: 1349998X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2331/suisan.76.348     Document Type: Review

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