Incentives to Address Bycatch Issues

Conservation and Management of Transnational Tuna Fisheries

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 225-248

  Gjertsen, Heidi ^a   Hall, Martin ^b   Squires, Dale ^a,c,d,e  

^a SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b INTER AMERICAN TROPICAL TUNA COMMISSION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bycatch pressing fishery management issues of our time; Bycatch in Purse Seine fisheries of eastern Pacific Ocean (EPO); Conservation and management approaches; Economic incentives for bycatch utilization; Flotsam or fish aggregating devices FADs ; Incentives to address bycatch issues; US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857922829     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780813820262.ch14     Document Type: Chapter

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