Small-scale fisheries of Peru: A major sink for marine turtles in the Pacific

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1432-1440

  Alfaro Shigueto, Joanna ^a,b   Mangel, Jeffrey C ^a,b   Bernedo, Francisco ^b   Dutton, Peter H ^c   Seminoff, Jeffrey A ^c   Godley, Brendan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b Pro Delphinus ^*  (Peru)

^c SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

BPUE; Bycatch; Peru; Small scale fisheries; Turtles

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BYCATCH; CAPTURE METHOD; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ESTIMATION METHOD; FISHING EFFORT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE MAMMAL; SEABIRD; TURTLE; VESSEL;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PERU;

CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIA MYDAS; CHELONIIDAE; CHONDRICHTHYES; DERMOCHELYIDAE; DERMOCHELYS CORIACEA; LEPIDOCHELYS OLIVACEA; MAMMALIA; TESTUDINES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 80055066796     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2011.02040.x     Document Type: Article

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