Seabirds, set-nets, and conservation management: Assessment of conflict potential and vulnerability of birds to bycatch in gillnets

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 578-589

  Sonntag, Nicole ^a   Schwemmer, Henriette ^a   Fock, Heino Ove ^b   Bellebaum, Jochen ^c,d   Garthe, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b INSTITUT FÜR SEEFISCHEREI   (Germany)

^c Institut für Angewandte Ökologie GmbH   (Germany)

^d NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; birds; bycatch; conservation; management; potential conflict; set net fisheries; spatial overlap; vulnerability analysis

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ARTISANAL FISHERY; BYCATCH; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; GILLNET; MARICULTURE; SEABIRD; VULNERABILITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

AVES;

EID: 84859816274     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fss030     Document Type: Article

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