Effects of hook and bait on sea turtle catches in an equatorial Atlantic pelagic longline fishery

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 683-701

  Santos, Miguel N ^a   Coelho, Rui ^a,b   Fernandez Carvalho, Joana ^a   Amorim, Sérgio ^a  

^a INSTITUTO PORTUGUÊS DO MAR E DA ATMOSFERA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAIT; BYCATCH; FISHING EFFORT; FISHING GEAR; FISHING MORTALITY; FISHING VESSEL; LONGLINING; PELAGIC FISHERY; PERCIFORM; TURTLE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL); PORTUGAL;

CHELONIIDAE; DERMOCHELYS CORIACEA; ILLEX; LEPIDOCHELYS OLIVACEA; SCOMBER; TESTUDINES; XIPHIAS GLADIUS;

EID: 84864763106     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: 15536955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5343/bms.2011.1065     Document Type: Article

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