Incorporating circle hooks into atlantic pelagic fisheries: Case studies from the commercial tuna/swordfish longline and recreational billfish fisheries

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 411-422

  Graves, John E ^a   Horodysky, Andrij Z ^b   Kerstetter, David W ^c  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^b HAMPTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGLING; BAIT; BYCATCH; CATCH STATISTICS; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; FISHING GEAR; FISHING MORTALITY; LONGLINING; PELAGIC FISHERY; PERCIFORM; SPECIES CONSERVATION; STAKEHOLDER; SURVIVAL; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

ISTIOPHORINAE; SCOMBRIDAE; THUNNUS; XIPHIAS GLADIUS; XIPHIIDAE;

EID: 84864766808     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: 15536955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5343/bms.2011.1067     Document Type: Review

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