Are bycatch rates sufficient as the principal fishery performance measure and method of assessment for seabirds?

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 412-422

  Tuck, Geoffrey Neil ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Albatross; Birds; Bycatch management; Conservation evaluation; Endangered species; Longline; Modelling; Ocean

Indexed keywords

BYCATCH; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; FISHERY ECONOMICS; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHERY REGULATION; FISHING EFFORT; HABITAT CONSERVATION; LONGLINING; MORTALITY; POPULATION DECLINE; SEABIRD; TRAWLING;

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EID: 79960844574     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: 10990755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.1201     Document Type: Article

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