Circle hook performance in the uruguayan pelagic longline fishery

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 499-511

  Domingo, Andrés ^a   Pons, Maite ^a,b   Jiménez, Sebastián ^a,b   Miller, Philip ^a,b   Barceló, Caren ^a,b,c   Swimmer, Yonat ^d  

^a Laboratorio de Recursos Pelágicos   (Uruguay)

^b CICMAR Centro de Investigación y Conservación Marina   (Uruguay)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PACIFIC ISLANDS FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BYCATCH; CATCH STATISTICS; FISHING GEAR; FISHING MORTALITY; INJURY; LONGLINING; NONTARGET ORGANISM; PELAGIC FISH; PELAGIC FISHERY; PERCIFORM; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SEABIRD; SHARK; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TURTLE;

URUGUAY;

CHELONIIDAE; CHONDRICHTHYES; ISURUS; ISURUS OXYRINCHUS; PTEROPLATYTRYGON VIOLACEA; SCOMBRIDAE; TESTUDINES; THUNNUS ALALUNGA; XIPHIAS GLADIUS;

EID: 84864740751     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: 15536955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5343/bms.2011.1069     Document Type: Article

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