Legal and institutional tools to mitigate marine turtle bycatch: Argentina as a case study

Marine Policy

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1265-1274

  González Carman, Victoria ^a,b,c   Machain, Natalia ^d   Albareda, Diego ^b,e   Mianzan, Hermes ^a,c   Campagna, Claudio ^f,g  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y DESARROLLO PESQUERO INIDEP   (Argentina)

^b Aquamarina CECIM   (Argentina)

^c Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras (IIMyC) (CONICET)   (Argentina)

^d Naturaleza   (Argentina)

^e Acuario del Zoológico de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires ^*  (Argentina)

^f Wildlife Conservation Society ^*  (Argentina)

^g CENTRO NACIONAL PATAGÓNICO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Bycatch; Conservation policy; Legislation; Marine turtles; SW Atlantic

Indexed keywords

BYCATCH; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; TURTLE;

ARGENTINA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTHWEST); BRAZIL; URUGUAY;

ANIMALIA; CHELONIIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 84861665712     PISSN: 0308597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2012.03.014     Document Type: Article

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