Trading information for conservation: A novel use of radio broadcasting to reduce sea turtle bycatch

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Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 332-339

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c ProDelphinus ^*  (Peru)

Author keywords

Bycatch; conservation; marine turtles; Peru; radio communication; small scale fisheries; South America

Indexed keywords

BYCATCH; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FISHING INDUSTRY; GILLNET; LONGLINING; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARINE MAMMAL; NONTARGET ORGANISM; PURSE SEINING; RADIOTELEMETRY; REAL TIME; SEABIRD; TRAWLING; TURTLE;

PERU;

ANIMALIA; CHELONIIDAE; MAMMALIA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 84863921031     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605312000105     Document Type: Article

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