Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus): Fishery interactions in the Archipelago of Madeira

Aquatic Mammals

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 298-304

  Hale, Rebecca ^a   Pires, Rosa ^b   Santos, Paulo ^a   Karamanlidis, Alexandros A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b Parque Natural da Madeira   (Portugal)

^c MOm/Hellenic Society for the Study and Protection of the Monk Seal   (Greece)

Author keywords

Conservation; Madeira; Management; Mediterranean monk seal; Monachus monachus; Monk seal fisheries interactions; Questionnaire survey

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHING GEAR; PINNIPED; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

MADEIRA; PORTUGAL;

MAMMALIA; MONACHUS; MONACHUS MONACHUS;

EID: 84856174362     PISSN: 01675427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1578/AM.37.3.2011.298     Document Type: Article

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